Matej Sternen

In Munich he studied with fellow countrymen Rihard Jakopič and Matija Jama, two other representatives of Slovene impressionism.

Unlike them, Sternen preferred figurative art, and his work consists mostly of portraits and female nudes.

During World War II, Sternen did not take a political stance, although he was occasionally critical of the communist-led Liberation Front and its activities.

[2] In 1944 he painted a portrait of Home Guard General Leon Rupnik,[3] who was the patron of his only solo exhibition in 1944.

[2] After the war, he was sent to a prison camp in the Kočevje area, but he was released after six months due to the intervention of prominent acquaintances.