Nadežda Petrovi? (12 October 1873 – 3 April 1915) was a Serbian painter from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Considered Serbia's most famous impressionist and fauvist, she was the most important Serbian female painter of the period. Born in the town of ?a?ak, Petrovi? moved to Belgrade in her youth and attended the women's school of higher education there. Graduating in 1891, she taught there for a period beginning in 1893 before moving to Munich to study with Slovenian artist Anton Ažbe. Between 1901 and 1912, she exhibited her work in many cities throughout Europe. With the outbreak of the Balkan Wars soon after, Petrovi? volunteered to become a nurse and was awarded a Medal for Bravery and an Order of the Red Cross for her efforts. She continued nursing Serbian soldiers until 1913,when she contracted typhus and cholera.In the later years of her life, she had little time to paint and produced only a few canvases, including her post-impressionist masterpiece The Valjevo Hospital (Serbian: Valjevska bolnica). Professor Andrew Wachtel praised the painting for its "bold brushstrokes and bright colours" and its depiction of "a series of white tents against an expressionistic, almost Fauvist, landscape of green, orange, and red. Petrovi? found herself in Italy when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in July 1914. She immediately returned to Belgrade to assist the Serbian Army.Having volunteered to work as a nurse in Valjevo, she died of typhoid fever on 3 April 1915in the same hospital depicted in The Valjevo Hospital.Following her death, her likeness has been depicted on the Serbian 200 dinar banknote. Serial number on banknote and year of production may be different than on picture, if this means to you dont buy!