Career
He was born in centre of Montenegrin capital Podgorica, in an old Podgorica"s family of Serb ethnicity. They moved to Belgrade where he died in 1974. He was buried in the Čepurci cemetery of Podgorica.
Stijović"s work was inspired by Yugoslav nature and culture.
He is considered to be the most important Montenegrin sculptor. He is considered to be a master of sculpturing animal figures.