The document discusses the Slovenian painter Anton Ažbe and his work. It provides biographical details about Ažbe, noting he was crippled from birth and orphaned at a young age. It describes how he established an influential painting school in Munich and trained many prominent Russian and Slovenian artists. The document also analyzes Ažbe's artistic legacy, which is limited to just 26 graphic works due to much of his work being lost or in private collections. Modern critics are divided on assessing Ažbe's significance as a painter.