The painter Mirko Rački, Bukovac’s student in Prague, wrote about the two daughters of his mentor, claiming that `they painted well and skilfully imitated their father.’One of them, Ivanka, was the youngest child of Vlaho and Jelica Bukovac; following the death of her mother, sister Jelica and brother Ago in 1968, Ivanka left Prague together […]

Jelica Bukovac, the third child of Vlaho and Jelica Bukovac, was born in Zagreb on 19th August 1897. She spent the first year of her life in a magnificent, newly built house at the Zrinjevac square, where her older brother Ago and sister Marija played in the yard in front of her father’s studio. Art […]

On the impressive Cavtat promenade, known among the locals as oko Rata (`at the Rat peninsula promenade’), a lonely stone house on the very tip of the peninsula catches the eye of almost every passer-by. Even today, it is still locally known as `the Russian woman’s house’. Namely, it was the peaceful abode in which […]

This piece of news has arrived from Berlin: On 17th March, the `Fra Diavolo‘ premiere took place on the biggest cinema stage in Berlin. The world had rushed to the show, eagerly waiting to see and hear its favourite, Tino Pattiera. All of Germany is proud of him, for he sang with a voice full […]

Until the Second World War, the Konavle people had a positive attitude towards priesthood, viewing it primarily as an opportunity to educate children from large families, as well as a commendable spiritual vocation. Local priests could perform their service not only in Konavle, but also within their local diocese and beyond. The intertwined familial and […]