Full Name Tafil Musovic Nationality Yugoslav | Known for Painter Name Tafil Musovic | |
Born 1950 Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Tafil Musović (born 1950) is a painter who lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands, since 1988. He was born in Yugoslavia, in the province of Kosovo, and moved to Belgrade, the capital, for studies in 1969. In his last years in Yugoslavia, he had an atelier in Zemun.
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Biography
Musović was born in Mlečane, a village near Mališevo in the province of Kosovo, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Belgrade (1969–1974), where he also did his postgraduate studies (1977–1979).
He won the Prize for the Best Drawings on the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, 1970, and the Prize for the best exhibition of 1997 in Belgrade, given by TV/Radio Studio B. Basisstipendium - Fonds voor Beeldende kunsten, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Art
Tafil Musović appeared on the art scene at the time of change styling concepts in fine art from figuration to expression of new wave at the beginning of the 1980s. But first appearances showed a distinct authorial personality that is imposed not only in the professional community but also the wider population of art devotee. After moving to Amsterdam, basically kept constructed visual language, but it has completed the European and specific Dutch painting tradition that is well understood and creatively absorbed in his work. Today Musović is remained committed to figuratives and portraits, but now with an in-depth review dimensions of artistic tradition.