Milenko Serban, one of the most famous Novi Sad painters of the 20th century, painted himself at the age of 20 years. He studied painting with Vasa Eškićević, and in Paris with André Lhote, through whose studio many Serbian painters of that period had passed. He exhibited a lot in Novi Sad, with significant work as a set designer in the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and later at the National Theatre in Belgrade. The painting is part of a study exibition of the Department of Cultural History, in the City Museum of Novi Sad. The civic life of Novi Sad from the 18th century until the second half of the twentieth century is presented in that exibition.