2. LIFE AND EDUCATION
He was interested in poetry and music
from his village Otavice
He spent his teenage years as a
master stone cutter’s apprentice
A mine owner paid for his education in
Vienna
In 1905 he made his first exhibit
He traveled around the world and lived
in many countries
3. The source of life, 1905.
Fountain in front of Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
7. LIFE AND EDUCATION
In his youth he was schooled to
become a priest
He began painting in Munich while he
was studying at the Academy of Fine
Arts
He painted historical events, as well as
seascapes, landscapes and nature
He started the first generation of
modern Croatian painters
