▁became ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁Art ▁N ouve au ▁style , ▁especially ▁by ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁fellow ▁Sloven ian ▁architect ▁Max ▁Fab iani , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁maintained ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁friendship . ▁V urn ik ▁received ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁and ▁travel led ▁to ▁Italy ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁Italian ▁architecture . ▁He ▁married ▁the ▁V ienn ese ▁artist ▁Hel ena ▁V urn ik ▁n ée ▁Kot ler ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁Aust rian ▁soldier ▁on ▁the ▁I son zo ▁Front ▁and ▁in ▁Ty rol . ▁Between ▁ 1 9 1 7 - 1 8 ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁design ing ▁Aust rian ▁military ▁gra vey ards ▁in ▁Aleks in ac , ▁Les kov ac ▁and ▁Ni š ▁in ▁Ser bia . ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁L jub lj ana . ▁ ▁Work ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁V urn ik ▁was ▁employed ▁by ▁the ▁Ludwig ▁Ba umann . ▁He ▁renov ated ▁the ▁interior ▁of ▁the ▁parish ▁church ▁in ▁B led ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 – 1 5 ▁bishop ric ▁chap el ▁in ▁Tri este . ▁▁ ▁V urn ik ' s ▁search ▁of ▁Sloven e ▁" National ▁Style " ▁begun ▁after ▁the ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁when ▁he ▁moved ▁back ▁to ▁his ▁native ▁country ▁together ▁with ▁his ▁wife . ▁The ▁style ▁is ▁best ▁exempl ified ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁building ▁of