 His talent was spotted by a high-class society woman Franja Tavčar, the influential wife of the national-liberal politician and author Ivan Tavčar, who arranged for him a scholarship to study at the University of Vienna.In 1898 he moved to Vienna, spending there a year mostly visiting literary cafés and art exhibitions.Strongly influenced by the Viennese Secession, he wrote a series of poems with the common title "Fin de siècle", in which he delivered his impressions on the life in the metropolis.