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Pavle Paja Jovanovi was one of the greatest Serbian Realist painters, along with Uro Predi and ore Krsti. Jovanovic is perhaps best known for his early works used ordinary peoples during oriental cycles. He is considered one of Serbias greatest orientalist. His most significant works of oriental opus are Decorating of the Bride , Snake Tamer , Two Guards in front of a Gate , Fencing Game , Falconer and Rooster Fight . His most famous painting are Furor Teutonicus , a monumental oil on canvas depicting Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, which has been lost. He also painted many famous portraits.

Paja Jovanovi was born in Vrac, Austrian Empire . His father was photographer Stevan Jovanovi and his mother was Ernestina ne Deot, of French descent. He spent his childhood and early youth in this home town, where he saw the iconostasis of Pavel urkovi and Arsa Teodorovi in the town churches, which would influence his future works. He received his first art lectures and knowledge from his teacher Vodecki. His father took him to Vienna in 1875 when he was 15, where he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in 1877 in the class of professor Christian Griepenkerl. He finished the Academy in 1880, attending several important courses taught by Leopold Carl Mller, known as an orientalist. In the following period, having noticed greater interest of Europe for the Balkans, he painted mostly scenes from the life of the Serbs, Montenegrins, Herzogivinans, Aromanians and Albanians, which brought him great reputation. Encouraged to visit the Balkan region during his hiatus, he studied the customs a

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