Todor Švrakić

He was one of the early 20th century pioneers of Bosnian painting within the European style and is considered one of the Western Balkans' most notable watercolor artists. Born in Prijedor, he studied art in Belgrade and Vienna privately and completed his formal studies at the Prague at the Academy of Fine Arts. He is widely considered among the first modern artists in Bosnia & Herzegovina. 1907, together with fellow countryman painters Popović, Radulović, Švrakić exhibited in one of the two exhibitions that year, the first ever in the country, marking the beginnings of the modern painting tradition in Bosnia &Herzegovina.