Robert Baća

Robert Baća (born 19 September 1949 – died 7 August 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia) was a Croatian sculptor and painter. Baća graduated from the academy in Zagreb in 1974. He was an assistant at the Antun Augustinčić masterworks. He worked in sculpture and abstract ceramics with associative nuances and accented dimensions. (Wood, 1971; Forest 1975). He also worked with coloured porcelain objects. He has exhibited his works in Zagreb, Samobor, Sesvete, Sisak, Zürich and Liechtenstein.

Works 1967 – First collective exhibition at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb 1969 – Graduated from the School of Applied Arts, Department of Ceramics, in the class of Prof. Slavko Barlović 1974 – Graduated sculpture at the Academy for Fine Arts in Zagreb, in the class of Prof. Ivan Sabolić. In the same year he became member of the Croatian Society of Visual Artists in Zagreb 1976 – Baća became member of the Croatian Association of Applied Arts and Croatian Artists' Community, and started work as an independent artist. For two years, he continued his professional training in the master workshop of the sculptor Prof. Antun Augustinčić in Zagreb 1978 – Completed postgraduate studies in sculpture in the master workshop of the sculptor Prof. Antun Augustinčić in Zagreb. Held his first one-man exhibition in Zagreb. 1985 – The Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb purchased three of his porcelain sculptures for its permanent holdings. 1995 – Robert Baća is listed in the Encyclopedia of Croatian Art