Sava Šumanović

Sava Šumanović
Сава Шумановић
Born(1896-01-22)22 January 1896
Died30 August 1942(1942-08-30) (aged 46)
Cause of deathKilled by the Ustaše
NationalityAustro-Hungarian, Yugoslavian
EducationCollege of Crafts and Arts, Zagreb
MovementOriginal artistic expression
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Sava Šumanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Шумановић; 22 January 1896 – 30 August 1942) was a Serbian painter. He is considered to be one of the most important Serbian painters of the 20th century. Šumanović's opus includes around 800 paintings as well as 400 drawings and sketches. He was executed during the mass genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia. Ustaše tortured him and threw him half alive into limestone.