The academy-trained sculptor Frano Kršinić attended the Department for Stonemasonry of the School of Crafts in Korčula in 1910. From 1912 to 1916, he studied at the School of Crafts in Horice (in present-day Czech Republic) under professor Quido Kocian. Kršinić continued his studies at the Prague Academy under professors Josef Václav Myslbek and Jan Štursa from 1917 to 1921. Afterwards, he stayed in Zagreb (1921-1922) and Belgrade (1922-1924). In 1924, Kršinić became a professor at the Art Academy in Zagreb until his retirement in 1967. In 1946, he was named national master sculptor, becoming a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1948. Kršinić made several study visits to Germany, Greece, France and Italy.

He created in traditional sculptural materials, inspired by the cheerfulness and beauty of the Mediterranean, permanently occupied with the female figure and occasionally with native, portrait and monument themes. Continuing the Korčula stonemason tradition, he reached the highest artistic heights in small and large marble female nudes with recognizable expressions characterized by a synthesis of classical form and lyrical content, refined rounded forms, unique balance, brevity and tension of volume, soft lines, light, masterful treatment of the surface and poeticization of intimacy and a calm life.