Đoko Mazalić

Đoko Mazalić (5 May 1888 – 28 February 1975) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian painter, considered as one of the pioneers of modern art in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography Born in Bosanska Kostajnica, Mazalić completed primary school in Prijedor in 1898 and later moved to Sarajevo, where he graduated from the "Velika gimnazija" in 1909. His early talent was nurtured by Ferdinand Velc, a Czech painter teaching at the Sarajevo gymnasium. After visiting museums in Vienna, he exhibited at the 4th Yugoslav Exhibition in Belgrade in 1912.

Mazalić enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1912. His education was interrupted by World War I, during which he served as a lieutenant on the Italian front, where he continued to paint.

Selected works Kopači (Diggers), 1918 Bijeg u Egipat (Flight into Egypt), 1926 Herojski kraj (Heroic End), 1927 Razgovor s cvijećem (Conversation with Flowers), 1965