Together with Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, and Matija Jama, he is considered one of the leading figures of Slovene impressionism in the fin de siecle period.In 1892, he applied to the Carniolan Provincial Diet for financial assistance to study at the Graz school of painting, which he received.In 1904, Slovene impressionists Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar himself, exhibited in the Mietke gallery in Vienna as the artists' club Sava.Later, Grohar exhibited in the Secession in Vienna, Belgrade, London, Kraków, Warsaw, Trieste, Duino, Berlin, and elsewhere.In 1911, after interventions of the politician Janez Evangelist Krek and the painter Rihard Jakopič, the Sorica municipal council granted him 2000 crowns for a study trip to Italy.