Vjekoslav Karas

[1] While in Rome, he drew inspiration from biblical and religious themes, painting Mother with Moses on the river bank.

While in Italy he developed a love for music and learned to play the flute and the guitar while composing songs in both Italian and Croatian.

From 1851-18522 he traveled to Bosnia where he painted a portrait of Ottoman field marshal and governor Omer-paša Latas and his daughter.

[4] He briefly stayed with bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Đakovo, but left soon after his suicide attempt.

[4] Still suffering from depression and living in poverty, Karas committed suicide by drowning in the Korana river in his native Karlovac.