In the Serbian-Montenegrin attack on Dubrovnik on 6 December 1991, the building in which he lived and worked burnt down, along with a small gallery on the ground floor and complete inventory: all paintings, drawings and graphics, ceramics, ethnographic and antique collections, libraries, written documentation, and many more valuable and beloved items. Later, on the outer walls of the building, he placed more exhibitions of his works and documents on the suffering of Dubrovnik in 2001.