Jaroslav Frantisek Veshin was born on May 23, 1860 in Brane, Czechoslovakia. He received a high school education in Prague, where he was first introduced to the works of the great Czech masters. In 1880 he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Prague. The upsurge experienced by Czech fine art in this period had a significant impact on the formation of its artistic taste. Until 1883, he specialized in historical painting at the Munich Academy, in the class of Prof. Josef Brandt. His teachers are also Karl Piloti and O. Seitz. Under the influence of realist Czech art and his teacher Brandt, Veshin turned to domestic painting. One of his first paintings is on this theme. He lived in Munich until 1897. In the 1980s and 1990s, a significant place in Veshin's work was occupied by hunting scenes. The theme of human relationships is also often the subject of interpretations in his paintings. The second major period in Veshin's art began after his establishment in Bulgaria in 1897. He arrived at the invitation of the Minister of Public Education, Konstantin Velichkov, to teach at the newly opened Drawing School in Sofia. A large part of his paintings in this period present scenes from Bulgarian rural life - he was especially strongly attracted by the rich color of market scenes. Veshin also created significant works on military themes. In addition to the paintings - portraits of senior Bulgarian and Russian officers, he also painted the ordinary Bulgarian soldier. The series of paintings dedicated to the Balkan War are distinguished by the highly humanitarian position of the artist. In Bulgaria, Veshin continues to create works on one of his favorite subjects - the hunting of wild animals.
Yaroslav Veshin made a great contribution to the development of Bulgarian realistic painting at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. He enriched Bulgarian art with bright artistic images and new pictorial and plastic means.
He died on May 9, 1915 in Sofia.