The artist studied and worked in several European cities, mainly painting in oils and pastels. She painted still lifes, portraits, and religious scenes. While an urban artist who helped establish Slovenian realism in the 1880s, later in her career her work became dull and impersonal as she did not adopt newer styles like Impressionism.

3. SHE WAS A PAINTER WHO STUDIED AND WORKED IN
VIENNA, MUNICH, PARIS, SARAJEVO, BERLIN AND
LJUBLJANA. SHE MAINLY PAINTED OIL PAINTINGS
AND PASTELS, AND HER DRAWINGS ARE RARE.
TOPICS INCLUDE STILL LIFE, PORTRAITS, GENRE
WORKS, ALLEGORIES AND RELIGIOUS SCENES.
SHE WAS A CONTROVERSIAL PERSON, CRITICIZED
FOR THE FOLLOWING MOVEMENTS THAT DID NOT
DEVELOP IN LATER PERIODS.

4. JUDGING BY HER SOCIAL ORIGIN, WAY OF LIVING, IDEALS
AND WORK, SHE WAS AN URBAN ARTIST. SHE IS ONE OF
SLOVENE REALISTS, WHO CREATED THEIR MOST
IMPORTANT PAINTINGS IN THE 1880S. KOBILCA'S
GREATEST TRIBUTE TO SLOVENIAN ART WAS MADE
DURING THE TIME SHE LIVED ABROAD. HER GREATEST
IMPACT WAS ON FIGURAL PAINTING, ESPECIALLY
PORTRAITS AND PAINTINGS OF TYPICAL PEOPLE'S LIVES IN
RUSTIC OR URBAN PLACES.

5. FROM HERE ON, MANY ARTISTS TOOK THE NEXT
STEP THAT LED INTO IMPRESSIONISM, BUT IVANA
KOBILCA DID NOT. IN THE LATEST PERIOD OF HER
WORK, HER ABILITY TO CREATE FRESH AND
INTERESTING PAINTINGS STARTED TO FADE. WITH
SOME EXCEPTIONS, HER WORKS OF THAT PERIOD
ARE DULL AND IMPERSONAL.

7. „Pani pijąca kawę”