Mato Medović, better known as Celestin Medović (1857 – 1920), a renowned Croatian painter from Kuna on Pelješac, was Bukovac’s contemporary and colleague. He was born on November 17, 1857 in a peasant family in the picturesque village of Kuna on Pelješac. He had four brothers and two sisters, and their lives became even more […]

Bukovac’s ever-present desire to apply his acquired knowledge and experience for the good of his homeland was also manifested in his move from Paris, where he spent 16 years, to Zagreb in 1893. Writing to his wife Jelica in Cavtat that same year, he leaves the impression that he has finally settled down: ‘As it […]

The time of disguise, madness, merriment, jokes and laughter, music and dance, or carnival time in the cyclical movement of annual customs is located between the Christmas and Lent period. The beginning of the carnival period is usually the feast of the Holy Three Kings or Epiphany, January 6, which ends the Christmas holidays, and […]