Ana Bešlić

Who was Ana Bešlić?

Ana Bešlić was a sculptor from Serbia, originating from Bunjevac/Croat family from Bačka in autonomous province of Vojvodina.

She was born in a Sárapuszta near the Bačkan town of Bajmok, between Sombor and Subotica, at that time in Bács-Bodrog County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary.

Ana Bešlić was one of the most important representatives of modern sculpture in Yugoslavia and Serbia. By genre, she belonged to the group of artist that since the 1950s, became recognisable by their artistic curiosity and non-mainstream approach, being the pioneers of changing of sculptor's style in Yugoslavia. Still, her creations were mostly oriented towards the making of monuments.

She attended schools in Zagreb, Graz and Vienna, but she developed her artistic education on Akademija likovnih umetnosti in Belgrade in 1949.

Part of her works were donated to the city of Subotica, including the monument of Blaško Rajić.

The last years of her life were spent in Belgrade, where she died in 2008.