 Slavoljub Vorkapić was born on March 17, 1894, in the small village of Dobrinci near Ruma in the Srem region, at the time part of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Serbia).His father Petar, the town clerk, insisted that young Slavko should be well-educated.After finishing his primary education, he became a student in a well-known regional high-school in the nearby town of Sremska Mitrovica, where he made his first steps in art and drawing.