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Eastern foyer is located in front of the Croa- most valuable art works in the Palace and one
tian salon and Bosnia and Herzegovina salon. of the most important works of Jovan Bjelić.
The repeated motif of massive pilasters ar- The space is filled with numerous sculptures
ray, like in the western foyer, is emphasized of most prominent Yugoslavian sculptors
by fitting in of wall tapestries, some of which such as “Akt žene” [Female nude] of Ratomir
are specially valued and award-winning items. Stojanović and “Razvijanje forme” [Developing
The tapestries are 3m x 2.3m and are works a form] of Vojin Bakić. Unique carpets in this
of renowned artists such as: Milica Zorić, foyer and in the entire central part are made
“Prinošenje žrtve” [Oblation], Lazar Vujaklija in weaving factories in Pirot and Gostivar ac-
,,Sunce” [Sun], Olivera Galović ,,Šuma” [Forest] cording to the drawings of painters Marinko
and Boško Petrović ,,Kompozicija” [Composi- Benzon and Boško Petrović.
tion]. Four art works of the painter and graph-
ic artist Đorđe Andrejević Kun, one of the most
influential artists of this period, are located on
the wall opposite to the tapestries. Among the
artworks in this foyer, there are works such as
painting of Milan Konjivić, Olivera Knagrga, Ig-
njat Job, Zora Petrović.
The painting of Jovan Bjelić “Bosanski pejzaž”
[Bosnian Landscape] has a great artistic sig-
nificance. The committee that estimated the
art collection of the Palace of Federal Execu-
tive Council determined that this is one of the