In recent days, we had the honor of welcoming important guests.
A few months ago, while searching for publicly known information about her grandfather, Filip Gojčeta, a renowned Kostolac miner, Aleksandra Knežević discovered important details.
An article on the exhibition “Mihailo S. Petrov: Art as a Gift,” which the National Museum in Aranđelovac presented in 2013 at the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade, was illustrated with a photograph of a portrait of Filip Gojčeta painted by Mihailo Petrov in 1949.
The portrait, which is part of the museum’s gift collection “Mihailo S. Petrov,” was previously unknown to Filip Gojčeta’s descendants. Aleksandra contacted us and later visited with members of her family.
Her mother, Marija Jančić, Filip Gojčeta’s daughter, brought family documents (newspaper articles, photographs, her father’s personal documents…) and in doing so expanded our knowledge of this important figure, enriching the “cultural biography” of the museum piece.
The touching “reunion” of Mrs. Marija with her father’s portrait testifies that our Museum is indeed a place of timeless encounters.