He began to study painting at the craft school in Split,[1] then attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, but moved to Rome, and finally Florence where he completed his formal training at the Accademia Internazionale.
[1] The move to Rome came after an incident where he published criticism of his teacher Menci Clement Crnčić in the paper Zvono.
[2] During his time in Italy (1891–1914), he wrote critiques and reviews of the Italian contemporary arts scene for newspapers and journals back home.
He continued to write and publish stimulating articles about the visual arts scene right though his life built up a reputation as an articulate and well informed critic.
However, Miše’s painting from that period do not show the influence of Art Nouveau secessionist linearism nor heroic mythology.
For his retrospective exhibition in 1955 at the Modern Gallery, Zagreb, he wrote: "I started with the Secession and I was already thirty-two when I came into contact with van Gogh, Renoir and Cézanne".
"[6] During his lifetime, Miše held solo exhibits in Split, Slavonski Brod, Rijeka, Zadar, Zagreb and Belgrade.