[1] After attending elementary and high school in his home town of Vinkovci, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb from 1924 to 1930.

[2] During World War II he participated in the National Liberation movement.

[3] His early pieces (up to 1943) show the obvious influence of Rodin and Bourdelle.

After the war, he concentrated on several sculptural "cycles" including: Typhus (1956–59), Panopticum Croaticum (1959–61), Man and Limestone (1961–63) and Pillars of Croatian Culture (1969-75).

His work ranges in size from medals to large monuments.