The artist Hinko Gudac (Sušak, 1912 – Rijeka, 1991) exhibited his works at some of the most significant exhibitions for the development of impressionism and surrealism in Croatian painting. During his lifetime, the value of his works was not fully recognized for several reasons. Since childhood, Gudac suffered from hearing damage, due to which he surrounded himself with only a few people and which is why he remains mostly unknown to the public. The number of publications that describe his works do not place it in the context of world and national art but are mostly related to the exhibitions. In this thesis, Hinko Gudac's oeuvre is presented through an analysis of his most famous works, with highlighted stylistic and thematic features. Furthermore, the motifs depicted in the works are analysed in order to emphasize their symbolic significance. The goal of analysing the works of Hinko Gudac is to highlight the value that his work represents for the further understanding and interpretation of the development of impressionist and surrealist painting in Croatia, especially in the Kvarner region.