Roman Petrović, Boy with a balloon, 1929, oil on plywood, 145 x 155,5 cm, inv. no. 422, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Roman Petrović

(Donji Vakuf, BiH, 1896— Sarajevo, BiH, 1947)

From 1913 to 1917, he studied at the academies of arts in Petersburg, Krakow and Budapest. Worked as the visual arts pedagogue, as well as the set and costume designer of the National Theatre in Sarajevo. He illustrated books and magazines, and made icons and iconostases. He was one of the founders of the State School for Fine Arts and Artistic Crafts in Sarajevo and the Association of Fine Arts of B&H. The retrospective exhibition of the works of Roman Petrović was opened in March 1988 in the National Gallery of BiH in Sarajevo⁠.