Milić od Mačve

Milić Stanković, known by his artistic name Milić of Mačva (Serbian: Милић од Мачве, Milić od Mačve; 30 October 1934 – 8 December 2000), was a Serbian painter and artist often named Balkan's Dali for his figurative surrealism paintings.

Stanković was born in 1934 in Belotić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. When he was in second grade at highschool in Šabac town, a professor of drawing Djordje Kostic, a French student, was set, coming to Šabac from the demolished Belgrade in Nazi bombardment. Immediately, in the basement of the high school, the art section was founded . The professor had a special ability of perceiving painting gifted children. Extraordinary one was Milić. Yet as a highschool student  he participated at painting exhibition in the town.

Because of poverty, his parents decided for him to attend the Military Academy in Belgrade. There Milic was received, but at the last moment, he managed to convince parents that architecture is better for him and more promising for the future. Young Milich had only the talent and good will, and now it became important to for him to remain in the capital of Belgrade. Among others, at the Architecture, he was taught by an extraordinary draftsman - Pivo Karamatijević.