Karageorgevitch Prince BojidarA skilled artist, art critic, and globetrotter, Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch belonged to the Serbian Karaorevi family. Due to the family's exile, he lived in France for the most of his life and had many trips abroad. He participated in the Tonkin cmpaign while serving in the French army and was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour. Before working as a translator and writer, he taught painting and singing as a means of support. At the turn of the century, he made two trips to Serbia to assess how the populace felt generally about a potential Obrenovi dynasty replacement by the Karaorevi family. Prince Bojidar had a passion for art and often wrote pieces for magazines like the Figaro and La Revue de Paris. He was a designer, sculptor, painter, and goldsmith who further produced panels and medallions for a Parisian atelier. He socialised with well-known painters including Paul Sérusier, Émile Bernard, and Georges Lacombe. He spent a lot of time exploring India on one of his visits overseas and authored a book titled Enchanted India. Additionally, he translated works by Tolstoy and Mór Jókai, a playwright from Hungary. Typhoid fever caused Prince Bojidar's death at Versailles on April 2, 1908. Read More Read Less