Background
Četirević was born in Grabovo, near Ohrid.
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Jovan Grabovan
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Career
He painted the Lepavina and Orahovica monasteries, among others His family was of Aromanian descent, from Albania. His professional career began in the Habsburg territories, such as Osijek (today in Croatia), and what is today Vojvodina, in the service of Orthodox Serbs (the Metropolitanate of Sremski Karlovci).
Although his painting style was from the southern Balkans, he was influenced by western art style, in order to fulfill the wider tastes of his employers.
lieutenant was here that Grabovan got acquainted with baroque painting that would transform his work. He remained living in this town until his death and he signed most of his icons as the “inhabitant of Osijek” (stanovnik osečki).
