Bora Baruh was born in Belgrade in 1911. After  education  for lawyers, he began to paint. The world’s most recognizable painting was his landscapes, still lifes and portraits. He has exhibited in Paris, London, The Hague, Belgrade and Zagreb, and his oils were posthumously presented to art lovers throughout Yugoslavia and Europe. Bora Baruh left behind some 200 paintings and almost the same number of drawings, many of whom entered the anthology checks arts in Yugoslavia.In 1935 he moved to Paris as a scholar of the Jewish community. In France, in addition to painting, dealt with political issues. He was involved in the Spanish Civil War, which is why the French authorities deported him to Switzerland, where he was sent to Belgrade. Belgrade has repeatedly arrested for revolutionary activities, and after several stays in the camps for political prisoners goes to the partisans in 1942. That same year, he died during the war.