Dado (painter)

Miodrag Đurić (1933–2010), known as Dado, was a Yugoslavian-born artist who spent most of his life and creative career in France. He is particularly known as a painter but was also active as an engraver, drawer, book illustrator and sculptor.

Early life and education (1933–1955)

Đurić was born on October 4, 1933, in Cetinje, the historic capital of Montenegro, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and grew up in a middle-class family. His mother, Vjera Đuric (née Kujačić) was a biology teacher and his father Ranko Đurić belonged to a family of entrepreneurs.

His childhood years were affected by world events and by personal tragedies. During World War II, Yugoslavia endured Italian and German occupation, while the local partisans initiated a resistance that led to the emergence of Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslavia.

At the age of 11, Đurić lost his mother in a country still coping with the wounds of war. He then temporarily moved to Slovenia to be put up by a maternal uncle.

Though not interested in general education, Đurić developed a strong interest in art and displayed early creative skills. His family supported him to develop his talent and he started studying fine arts in the maritime town of Herceg Novi between 1947 and 1951.

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Dado

Dado may refer to:

Dado (architecture), an architectural term

Dado (joinery), a woodworking joint

Dado (painter), a Yugoslav-born painter

DADO, stage name of Canadian street theater performer

The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies, an Israeli strategy think tank inside the Israel Defense Forces

Audoin (bishop), a Frankish bishop, courtier, chronicler, and Catholic saint

Dado, a 10th-century Bishop of Verdun

Dado, Afghanistan, the district center of Zana Khan district in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan

Dado (band), an Uzbek pop-band

Dados, the fictional androids from The Pendragon Adventure.

People with the given name

Dado Pršo (born 1974), Croatian football player

Dado Topić (born 1949), Croatian singer

People with the surname

Firehiwot Dado (born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner

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Dado (architecture)

In architectural parlance, the dado is the lower part of a wall, below the dado rail and above the skirting board. The word is borrowed from Italian meaning "die" (as an architectural term) or plinth.

Decorative treatment

This area is dramatically given a decorative treatment different from that for the upper part of the wall; for example panelling, wainscoting or lincrusta. The purpose of the dado treatment to a wall is twofold: historically, the panelling below the dado rail was installed to cover the lower part of the wall, which was subject to stains associated with rising damp; additionally the dado rail (also known as the chair rail) provided protection from furniture, in particular the backs of chairs. In modern homes, the dado treatment is generally aesthetic.

Derivation

The name derives from the architectural term for the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice.

Gallery

Dado in carved oak, designed by W.S. Barber at Spring Hall, Halifax

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Dado (joinery)

A dado (US and Canada), housing (UK) or trench (Europe) is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to, the grain.

A through dado involves cuts which run between both edges of the surface, leaving both ends open. A stopped or blind dado ends before one or both of the cuts meets the edge of the surface

Dados are often used to affix shelves to a bookcase carcase. Combined with a rabbet (rebate) on an adjoining piece, they are used to make the rabbet and dado joint, sometimes used in case goods.