Đorde Ivačković

Born in 1930 in Horgos, Serbia (former Yugoslavia), Đorde Ivačković graduated from the School of Architecture in Belgrade in 1955. He was inspired by French and American abstract painters whose works were exhibited in Belgrade during the 1950s and early 1960s.

His first solo show was in Paris in 1963. After the Bienniale de Paris in 1965 he began to exhibit in Paris (1967, 1975, 1982), Belgrade (1971, 1981) and in French cities including Toulouse (1987, 1988) and Caen (1964, 1965).

From non-figurative works in the 1960s, he turned towards conceptual paintings with more formal structures in the 1970s and worked with increasing emphasis on colour in the 1980s.

Đorde Ivačković died in 2012 in Paris. In 2015, the Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts staged a grand retrospective of his work. His artworks are to be found at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Museum of Contemporary Art and National Museum, Belgrade; and in numerous private collections.