This paper presents the life, work and artistic habitus of the Split painter, caricaturist and graphic artist Antun Zupa (Zuppa). He was born on October 17, 1897 in Split, where he died on April 19, 1969. Life was not easy for Zupa. That fact is visible throughout his work. He came from a large family that was not particularly wealthy and struggled with providing him financial support necessary for his education and development as an artist. He developed an affinity for painting in his early school days and was recognized by his teachers, which resulted with his drawings being published in the school newspaper. He studied architecture in Belgrade, attended private graphics classes in Prague, Munich and Berlin. For a short time he studied at the Academy in Munich, but due to lack of financial funds, he had to return to his homeland, where he finally graduated in 1931. During his life he worked as a professor and art pedagogue in schools in Split and Zagreb. Not only did he draw using charcoal and pencil, he made watercolor and oil paintings, and he often combined several techniques at once. Zupa was also an excellent caricaturist and published his caricatures in the second phase of the magazine Duje Balavac, which he modernized and improved. However, he is perhaps the most famous for his timeless and brilliant graphics, which he did on several occasions and published in two folders. Critics did not pay much attention to him and his art during his lifetime, a fact that has not changed even to this day. Perhaps this is one of the many causes why Zupa is mostly unknown today to Croatian audience and wider.