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Milorad Bata Mihailović (8 February 1923 – 23 April 2011) was a Serbian painter born in Pančevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Mihailović was one of the first representatives of Serbian postmodern art. He painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, self-portraits and interiors. Read the full biography

Milorad Bata Mihailović (8 February 1923 – 23 April 2011) was a Serbian painter born in Pančevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Mihailović was one of the first representatives of Serbian postmodern art. He painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, self-portraits and interiors. His painting was influenced by Expressionism and abstract art.
Since 1946 he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Belgrade. In 1947, Mihalović founded the artistic collective “Zadarska grupa” in Zadar. The group also included young and talented painters such as Mića Popović, Ljubinka Jovanović, Petar Omčikus, Kossa Bokšan and Vera Božičković.
Since 1947, when he first exhibited in Belgrade, Mihailović has participated in around one hundred group exhibitions on all continents. In 1951, his first solo exhibition was organized in Belgrade and a retrospective at the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion in 1981.
In 1952 Mihailović moved to Paris. In 1985, Mihailović was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Serbia. He died in Paris in 2011.