His father, Antal Wnoucsek, had moved from Pécs to Rijeka, where he married Anna Maria Rostan, a woman from a French-Slovenian family.
[2] After the Second World War, Rijeka was incorporated into Croatia, within Yugoslavia, which led most of its Italian population to leave the city permanently.
[3] After his first post-impressionist phase (Cantrida, 1922), his paintings are characterized by expressionist drama (Portrait of a Young Man, 1927).
From 1970 to 1976 he painted motifs from Rijeka and Sušak, as well as ports and ships in the manner of expressive realism.
The drawing became firmer over time, and the subject became less and less important, although still recognizable: self-portraits, portraits, or female nudes (standing, sitting, or lying down).