Drago Došen

Drago Došen (Serbian: Драго Дошен; pronounced [drǎgo doʃên]; 15 October 1943 – 16 November 2019) was a Serbian artist. His paintings and drawings link him to the early 1970s generation of Belgrade painters who turned toward a fundamental experience of nature, reinstating the subject theme in their paintings.

Drago Došen was born in Bosnia in 1943. At a very early age, Došen dedicated himself to the art in which he showed a great talent that led him to a high school of art in Sarajevo.

Upon the completion of high school, Došen continued his studies in Belgrade, where he spent most of his career and established himself as an artist. He graduated from the Academy of the Applied Arts at the University of Belgrade in 1970.

Došen started exhibiting his work in 1975 throughout the former Yugoslavia and other parts of Europe. His work gained attention and it did not take long before his paintings received positive reviews from his fellow artists and the general public.

Throughout 20 years of exhibiting in a number of galleries in many countries, Došen managed to sell well over 400 paintings that went to private and public collections.

In 1995, Došen moved to New Zealand, where he continued to paint and exhibit his work until 2010.