[2] She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana.

[3] The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories, and religious scenes.

[5] At the following exhibition in Munich, her work was spotted and praised by the prominent German art historian Richard Muther.

Kobilca's greatest tribute to Slovenian art was made during the time she lived abroad.

In the late 1880s many artists were influenced by the Impressionist movement that began in France with Monet, Morisot, Renoir and others.

Ivana Kobilca, however stayed true to her academic artistic roots; with strong focus on study of value, draftsmanship and realism in oil painting.

[6] After Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia, Kobilca was portrayed by Rudi Španzel on the 5000 Slovenian tolar banknote.