Jovan Pačić, born in 1771 in a small village of Baja where numerous Serbian authors and artists called home (Joakim Vujić, Bogoboj Atanacković, Mita Popović, painter Pavle Đurković and sculptor Dimitrije Popović). He went to a German and Hungarian school in Kalocsa. In 1792 or 1793, he joined the hussar regiment of the Austrian army and fought against the French. He took part in several battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition. Pačić was wounded at the great Battle of Wagram in 1812 when a sword cut through his mouth. He retired after a year of recuperation. As a retired cavalry captain, he moved to Novi Sad, and soon after settled in Győr in 1838. He published many verses in the Serbian Journal ("Serbski letopis"), Budapest couriers, the Serbian National News ("Serbski narodni list") and magazines until 1842. Jovan Pačić turned to painting and poetry in his leisure. He primarily painted landscapes and genre art. He was praised by his contemporaries.