Grabul is widely considered among the earliest founders of the modernist sculptural movement in Macedonia. He is especially noted for his many examples of expressive geometric shapes of vibrant color and minimalistic nature (Photo 1 & 2). Through the 1950s until the early 1970s, Grabul also spent a great deal of artistic effort on commissions creating grand public sculptures dedicated to the People's Liberation Struggle (WWII), most notably at Belčišta, Kicevo, Skopje, Oteševo and Gevgelija. However, his most famous work was the 'Makedonium' at Kruševo, Macedonia, which he worked on as a collaboration with his wife, Iskra. The 'Makedonium' was also his last public commission, possibly due to the intense disagreements and creative battling he engaged in with the government commission who oversaw the creation of 'Makedonium'. He retired from sculpting several years later in 1980, but continued to put on shows at various locations across the Balkans and Europe. Over his life, he won numerous awards and achievement recognitions, including twice winning the Macedonian 'October 11th' state award for excellence in the field of art and culture in 1966 and 1970. Grabul died of a heart-attack in Skopje on May 27th, 1986 at the age of 61 while at the studios of Skopje Television, where he was working to shoot a documentary about an art exhibition he was presenting at that time.