Marko Penov

Marko Penov (2 October 1922 – 24 March 1998) was a Serbian artistic woodcarver and restorer of artifacts. Born in Titel, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (now Serbia) and living in Novi Sad, he was of Croatian descent.^[1] He was a disciple of Janos Soter.^[2] His work included creation of new and restoration of old iconostases and altars for Serbian Orthodox Church, Greek Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church, churches and monasteries in Serbia, especially monasteries in Fruška Gora, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as restoration of old and damaged pieces of sacred objects. He has also created cabinets of different styles, such as Baroque, Louis XIV style, Neo-baroque, Neo-rococo and Classicism, such as Biedermeier. He is known for his works on reconstruction of the wooden structures of the church Our Lady of Tekije, also known as Snowy Mary, which is commemorating the Battle of Petrovaradin and visited and used by both Catholic and Orthodox Christian pilgrims. Marko Penov has been also known for restoration of wooden art works in The Name of Mary Church in Novi Sad.^[3] He was married to Elizabeta, b. Batrnek (1925-2000).

References

^ Bara, Mario (2014). "Naši Šokci: podrijetlo, migracije i društveni razvoj Hrvata u Banatu" [Our Šokci: Origins, Migrations, and Social Development of Croats in the Banat] (PDF). Zbornik Radova (Scientific journal article) (in Croatian). Subotica, Serbia: Zavod za kulturu vojvođanskih Hrvata: 18. U crkvenim maticama i drugim izvorima zabilježena su prezimena podrijetlom iz Dalmacije, Hrvatskog primorja, Like i dijelova Ugarske: ... Penov, Perkovac, Petranović, Petrašek ... Važno je upozoriti na trokut naselja s hrvatskim stanovništvom Slankamen–Titel–Perlez, koja se nalaze na tromeđi Bačke, Banata i Srijema i stjecištu važnih plovnih putova Dunava i Tise. [In church registers and other sources, surnames originating from Dalmatia, the Croatian Littoral, Lika, and parts of Hungary are recorded: ... Penov, Perkovac, Petranović, Petrašek ... It is important to highlight the triangle of settlements with Croatian inhabitants, Slankamen–Titel–Perlez, located at the junction of Bačka, Banat, and Syrmia, and at the meeting point of important waterways of the Danube and Tisa.]
^ An article mentioning Marko Penov and his talent as a young boy (In Serbian)^{[dead link‍]}in daily Danas.
^ Enciklopedija Novog Sada, ed. dr Dusan Popov, Vol 19., pp. 255, Novosadski klub, Dnevnik (Serbia), 2002. Encyclopaedia of Novi Sad is the project of Platoneum, A Branch of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Novi Sad, started in 1993.

External links

Enciklopedija Novog Sada at Open Library (in Serbian)
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Branch in Novi Sad
An article mentioning Marko Penov and his talent as a young boy (In Serbian)^{[dead link‍]}in daily Danas
Information about Marko Penov's disciple (In Serbian)
Information on woodcarving as a craft mentioning Marko Penov (In Serbian)
A report from TV Apolo on YouTube (now Novosadska televizija) on woodcarving in Vojvodina and Marko Penov's disciple (In Serbian)
Novosadska televizija

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[1] Bara, Mario (2014). "Naši Šokci: podrijetlo, migracije i društveni razvoj Hrvata u Banatu" [Our Šokci: Origins, Migrations, and Social Development of Croats in the Banat] (PDF). Zbornik Radova (Scientific journal article) (in Croatian). Subotica, Serbia: Zavod za kulturu vojvođanskih Hrvata: 18. U crkvenim maticama i drugim izvorima zabilježena su prezimena podrijetlom iz Dalmacije, Hrvatskog primorja, Like i dijelova Ugarske: ... Penov, Perkovac, Petranović, Petrašek ... Važno je upozoriti na trokut naselja s hrvatskim stanovništvom Slankamen–Titel–Perlez, koja se nalaze na tromeđi Bačke, Banata i Srijema i stjecištu važnih plovnih putova Dunava i Tise. [In church registers and other sources, surnames originating from Dalmatia, the Croatian Littoral, Lika, and parts of Hungary are recorded: ... Penov, Perkovac, Petranović, Petrašek ... It is important to highlight the triangle of settlements with Croatian inhabitants, Slankamen–Titel–Perlez, located at the junction of Bačka, Banat, and Syrmia, and at the meeting point of important waterways of the Danube and Tisa.]

[2] An article mentioning Marko Penov and his talent as a young boy (In Serbian)^{[dead link‍]}in daily Danas.

[3] Enciklopedija Novog Sada, ed. dr Dusan Popov, Vol 19., pp. 255, Novosadski klub, Dnevnik (Serbia), 2002. Encyclopaedia of Novi Sad is the project of Platoneum, A Branch of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Novi Sad, started in 1993.

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