Milena Šotra

First female artist/painter from Hercegovina. She was born near Stolac and would go on to become a worldly figure. Due to the political climate, wars and revolutionary movement, her life was in a constant start and stop. She studied art at the University of Belgrade and lived for extended periods in the USA and France. She furthered her studies under scholarship at the Traphagen School in New York. During WW2 she was a big activist in the USA, uniting Yugoslavs against axis powers. After the war she returned home and worked in numerous government roles. In 1961, she retires and devotes her life completely to art, producing some of her finest work. During the recent war, she sold much of her art to support struggling citizens. Today much of her art can be found in the Museum of Hercegovina in Trebinje.