Studio portrait of actress Olga Ilić by Milan Jovanović, 1900 This picture is considered the fi

Studio portrait of actress Olga Ilić by Milan Jovanović, 1900 This picture is considered the first semi-nude photograph in Serbia. Olga Ilić, later Ilić-Hristilić (1880, Thessaloniki – 1945, Belgrade), was a famous Serbian actress. She was born the illegitimate daughter of Marija Gašparović and a Frenchman. Mother and daughter moved to Niš after Olga’s father had died. In Niš Olga started her acting career at the age of fourteen and pursued it as a travelling actress and playing at different theaters throughout the Balkans (e.g., Belgrade, Novi Sad, Leskovac, Niš, Skopje). from Visual Archive Southeastern Europe  with special thanks to Aspida Kosana for this discovery   -- source link

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