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Lilya Pavlovic Dear is born on 30 May 1947[1] 1 in Topola-Oplenac, Serbia (ex-Yugoslavia).[2] She is a Franco-American artist. Lilya Pavlovic Dear is a painter, print-maker, photographer and video artist. She has more than 200 group shows and 60 solo shows.[3]

She exhibits in U.S.A, Europe and China. Some of her most important shows took place at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice during the 56th Venice Biennale,[4][5] Museum of Shanxi province in Xi’An, Museum of Modern Art in Madrid. She has also won various awards, for example: Chevalier Artistique de Academia Internaticionale Greci Marino in Italy, Silver Medal for Mérite and Dévouement in the Arts Category in 1988,[6] European Arts Prize Leopolde Senghore in 2007.[3] She is in multiple private and public collections, such as Los Angeles County Museum, U.S.A Bibliothèque Nationale de France[7][8] in Paris, France, Neue Galerie Graz, Austria, Museum of Art of Shanxi province in Xi’An, China.[3]

Life and education

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Lilya got her B.A. in 1970 in Fresco, Painting and Mosaic at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade.[9] She obtained a scholarship from British Council and studied and graduated in Master of Fines Arts in Printmaking from Chelsea College of Arts / London University in London, in 1973.[9][10] In 1974 she moved to Los Angeles where she exhibited and taught at UCLA from 1974 to 1977.[9] Since the 1980s, she has been working and living between France and the United States of America.

Work

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She has worked on several themes throughout her career, some of the main ones being: Organic structures,[11] Maps of the world,[12][13] Marco Polo on the Silk Road, Angels, Water.

For the last 50 years, nature and ecology has always been present and has oriented her work.[12]

The art critic Thomas Albright wrote about Lilya Pavlovic Dears work in the San Francisco Chronicle: “Imagine a cross between Dubuffet, Escher and William T. Wiley. Lilya is a kind of landscapist of the inner psyche whose principal tools are an intricate, all-encompassing web-like structure and a fantastic quality of interior space.”[14]

The art critic Pierre Rouve said about her show in Bradford University “She portrays the unspoken and the unspeakable”.[11]

Lilya has also published a book Marco Polo on the Silk Road in 2007.[15] It is listed in several libraries: American Museum of Natural History; National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum; The British Library, St. Pancras; Worcester Art Museum, Library of Congress; New York Public Library; Bibliothèque Marciana, Venice.[16]

She received the Grand European Prize Botticelli in 2008, for her art book Marco Polo on the Silk Road.[3]

The book Lilya art works 1970–2010, a retrospective book on her career is listed in the following institutions : Worcester Art Museum, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[17]

Main exhibitions

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UNESCO, Venice, 2017; Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, 2015; Museum of Art of Shanxi province in Xi’An, 2014, European Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2013; Parish Gallery, Washington D.C., 2011; Fondation Taylor, Paris, 2011; AUP Gallery, Paris, 2010; Royal Geographical Society, London, 2010;[18]

Bradford University, England 1973;[11] Premi Internationale de Dessin Joan Miró, Barcelona 1973–75, 1981;[9] Ljublijana International Graphic Arts Biennial, 1977; International Biennial of Young Artists from New York, 1977; Washington International Art Fair, 1977; Frederick Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, 1977; Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 1980, 86; Salon de Mai, Grand Palais, Paris, 1981, 87, 89; Museum of Modern Art  Madrid, 1981; Art and Architecture, UNESCO, Paris 1988, International Mini Print Exhibition, Cadaques, 1982–99; Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, 1988–98; Dix Ans d’Acquisitions, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1991; Salon Figuration Critique, Paris, 1996–98; SAGA, Paris, 1997; Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes Petit Format, Chamalières, 1997, 2000; UNESCO Museum, Beirut, 2000; Caelum Gallery, New York 2004; IPCNY, New York 2005; N.A.W.A Gallery, New York, 2009; Salon Capital / Comparisons, Paris, 2010; Fondation Paul Ricard, Ile de Bendor (France) 2011; Exposure Award at Louvre Museum, Paris, 2015.[17]

Main collections

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Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles;[19] Museum of Modern Art, Madrid; Dix Ans d’Acquisitions, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris;[8] Minerve Museum, Yzeures; Musée Juif, Musée Historique, Musée d’Arts décoratifs, Belgrade; Musée Neue Galerie, Graz; National Museum of Kraljevo, Kraljevo;  ; Musée National de Kragujevac, Kragujevac; New York Public Library,[20] New York; Art Bank, Washington D.C.

Listed in le Dictionnaire d’Art Bénézit, la Cotation d’Art Drouot, Dictionnaire d’Art Akoun.[3]

Awards and honors

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Chevalier Artistique, Accademia Internacionale Greci Marino, Italie,  1998

Silver Medal, Arts Category, Mérite et Dévouement Français 1988

Médaille d’Argent dans la catégorie des Arts, Le Mérite et Dévouement Français, 1998

European Arts Prize, Léopold Senghor, 2007[3]

Grand European Prize Botticelli 2008, for her art book Marco Polo on the Silk Road[3]

Golden Medal for the work “Ancient China in the Eyes of Artists”, Guiyang, Confucius Academy, China, 2017 [21]

Since 2019, she is an expert contributing at the Silk Sustainable Development Institution.[22]

Private life

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Lilya Pavlovic Dear married Richard Hamilton Bryarlie Dear Junior in 1975. They have three daughters: Natasha Dear, Katarina Dear and Alexandra Dear.

References

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  1. ^ Harambourg, Lydia (29 November 2013). "L'eau éternelle". La Gazette Drouot (41). Trésor essential du monde et de la vie, l'eau s'est impose à l'artiste Lilya, née en 1947 en Yougoslavie.
  2. ^ Anonymous (20 January 1973). "The Chaos Falls into Order". Bradford Day. Coping with two simultaneous art shows, one in Belgrade and the other at Bradford University, proved somewhat hectic for Yugoslav artist Lilya Pavlovic, who lives in London.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g M.-C.A (26 July 2008). ""Sur la route de la soie" avec Lilya Pavlovic-Dear". Nice-Matin. Une peintre rare, habituée des expositions à travers le monde : quarante expos personnelles à Paris, New York, Washington, Londres, Los Angeles, Bruxelles et Hambourg et 200 présentations en groupe. Lilya a également décliné le thème de Marco Polo dans un livre d'art récompensé par le prix Botticelli. En 2007, l'artiste a également reçu le prix européen d'art Léopold Senghore. Avec des œuvres intégrées dans la collection de la Bibliothèque nationale à Paris, Art bank à Washington, Neue Galerie à Graz et la New York Public Library. Elle figure dans de nombreux dictionnaires d'art tels que la Cotation d'Art Drouot, le dictionnaire d'Art Akoun, ou le dictionnaire d'Art Bénézit.
  4. ^ "Water by Lilya" (PDF). Querini Stampalia.
  5. ^ Rodenigo, Veronica (4 May 2015). "Intorno alla Biennale: le mostre da non perdere". Il Giornale Dell' Arte.com Edizione Online. la Fondazione Querini Stampalia riunisce accanto al personale «Alfabeto della memoria» del russo Grisha Bruskin, Jimmie Durham, il progetto site specific «Water» di Lilya Pavlovic-Dear » Veronica Rodenigo – « Intorno alla Biennale: le mostre da non perdere.
  6. ^ Gilles, Carvoyeur (24 August 2013). "Regard d'une artiste internationale sur Bandol". Var Matin: 180. Elle a obtenu la médaille d'argent dans l catégorie des Arts, par le Mérite et Dévouement Français en 1988.
  7. ^ "BnF Catalogue général". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  8. ^ a b Lilya; Lilya; Lilya (1985), Spaceman: [estampe], OCLC 1081123227
  9. ^ a b c d UCLA Design Faculty Artists Catalogue. Vol. February 1 through March 13, 1977. Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles. 1977. pp. 2, 24. Pavlovic-Dear earned a bachelor of arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. She completed postgraduate studies at Chelsea College of Arts in London. Painting, mosaic and fresco were predominant areas of study for Pavlovic-Dear. Education : Postgraduate study at Chelsea College of Arts, London, 1973; Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, B.A., 1970. Teaching experience: University of California, Los Angeles, 1974 to present.
  10. ^ Carvoyeur, Gilles (24 August 2013). "Regard d'une artiste internationale sur Bandol". Var Matin. Durant ses études, elle s'est distinguée, recevant, en 1972, une bourse du British Council pour poursuivre ses études à Londres au Chelsea College of Arts. Après ses études, Lilya immigre aux États-Unis et s'établit à Los Angeles où elle enseigne l'art à l'Université de Los Angeles (UCLA).
  11. ^ a b c Rouve, Pierre (1973). "Pavlovic, Bradford University Gallery". Arts Review. She portrays the unspoken and the unspeakable.
  12. ^ a b Chomin, Linda Ann (11 March 1991). "Nature: rich backdrop for painter's creations". The Farmington Observer - Section Creative Living. Yugoslavian born Pavlovic-Dear, said she uses "two different themes" in her current exhibit "The Land and the Sea". Pavlovic-Dear's art abstractly stated her philosophy in a steady stream of exhibitions over the last 20 years. "Man is destroying nature with pollution" Pavlovic-Dear said. "Man should live with nature. We are part of nature".
  13. ^ "The land and sea: Nature collides with Civilization in Works by Lilya Pavlovic-Dear". Metro Times Ann Arbor. 5 March 1991.
  14. ^ Albright, Thomas (14 March 1974). "An intricate structure fantastic interior space". San Francisco Chronicle, Section the Art World, Around the Galleries. Imagine a cross between Dubuffet, Escher and William T. Wiley. Lilya is a kind of landscapist of the inner psyche whose principal tools are an intricate, all-encompassing web-like structure and a fantastic quality of interior space.
  15. ^ Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya (2007). Marco Polo : sur la route de la soie = sulla via della seta = on the Silk Road. Angela Bonavita. [Beograd]: Lj. Pavlović-Dear. ISBN 978-86-910785-0-8. OCLC 500403741.
  16. ^ Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya; Bonavita, Angela (2007). Marco Polo: sur la route de la soie = sulla via della seta = on the Silk Road. Beograd: Lj. Pavlović-Dear. ISBN 978-86-910785-0-8. OCLC 500403741.
  17. ^ a b Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya (2010). Lilya Pavlovic-Dear : art works 1970-2010 = les œuvres d'art 1970-2010. Lydia Harambourg, Parish Gallery, Aktinos Gallery. Washington, D.C.: Parish Gallery. ISBN 978-86-910587-1-5. OCLC 760885614.
  18. ^ Dendrinos, Charalambos; Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya; Pro Art & Co; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (2007). Splendour perfected: trade relations between Byzantium and the countries of the Silk Road. London: Pro Art & Co. OCLC 751792381.
  19. ^ "Permanent collection of LACMA". LACMA Museum (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
  20. ^ "New York Public Library catalogue". New York Public Library.
  21. ^ "Winners of 2017 Philosopher Wang Yangming Caricature & Ancient China in the Eyes of Artists International Competition & Exhibition". Culture & Multimedia International Association.
  22. ^ "Lilya Pavlovic-Dear". Silk Sustainable Development Institution.


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