Ivan Grohar

Together with Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, and Matija Jama, he is considered one of the leading figures of Slovene impressionism in the fin de siecle period.

From an early age, he showed an interest in art but he could not develop his talent because he was an orphan and lived in poverty.

In 1892, he applied to the Carniolan Provincial Diet for financial assistance to study at the Graz school of painting, which he received.

He was elected to the position of treasurer of the SUD, but illegally borrowed money from the association, for which he was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.

In 1904, Slovene impressionists Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar himself, exhibited in the Mietke gallery in Vienna as the artists' club Sava.

Later, Grohar exhibited in the Secession in Vienna, Belgrade, London, Kraków, Warsaw, Trieste, Duino, Berlin, and elsewhere.

In 1911, after interventions of the politician Janez Evangelist Krek and the painter Rihard Jakopič, the Sorica municipal council granted him 2000 crowns for a study trip to Italy.