15 Facts About Konstantin Danil

Konstantin Danil was a Serbian painter of the 19th century.

Konstantin Danil is most famous for his portraits and religious painting.

Konstantin Danil, who had by this time acquired so much mastery over the painting technique that his performances were barely distinguishable from Teodorovic's own.

Konstantin Danil took lessons from itinerant portrait-painters and afterward entered as a student in the Academy of Arts in Vienna and in Munich.

Konstantin Danil took time to travel and paint throughout Banat and Erdelj.

Konstantin Danil had tried his skill in every genre, including portraiture, landscape, flower-painting, scenes of modern life and figure subjects.

From Munich, Konstantin Danil returned to Nagybecskerek, where he resumed the style of Teodorovic, and shortly afterward Veliki Beckerek became his permanent residence.

Konstantin Danil painted local nobleman Karacsony, and when Karacsony became a Viceroy of Banat, Konstantin Danil's popularity grew.

From 1834 to 1873 Konstantin Danil threw himself into the Biedermeier and the sacral painting based on the school of Vienna Nazarene movement, and became one of its regional leaders.

In 1872 his wife, Sofia Dely, died, and a year later, Konstantin Danil died in Nagybecskerek on 13 May.

Konstantin Danil painted a number of portraits of the wealthe Jagodic family.

Portrait of Captain Kljunovic and his wife impressed a Serbian Orthodox priest by the name of Arsenovic, who selected Konstantin Danil to decorate the walls, dome and iconostasis of a new Serbian Orthodox church in Pancevo with figures of saints.

Iconostases painted by Konstantin Danil can be found in Timisoara, Uzdin, Dobrica and Jarkovac.

Konstantin Danil is remembered as a master of technique, and his portraits reveal an extraordinary study into the characters of his subjects.

Konstantin Danil is included in The 100 most prominent Serbs.