Nikola Martinoski

Nikola Martinoski (born Nicolache Martin; Aromanian: Nicola Martinoschi,^[1] Macedonian: Никола Мартиноски; 18 August 1903 – 7 February 1973), sometimes spelled Martinovski (Aromanian: Martinovschi,^[2] Macedonian: Мартиновски), was a Macedonian Yugoslav painter of Aromanian ethnicity.^[3] He is considered as a founder of contemporary Macedonian art.^[4] Martinoski is best known for his painting titled Mother with Child, which, although first created in the 1930s, was not completed until the 1960s. He is also known as "The Doctor" for the many paintings he donated to modern art.^[5]