Robert Baća is a sculptor and painter

Painting

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. Graduated from the Academy in Zagreb in 1974. He was an assistant at the Antun Augustinčić

Antun Augustincic

Antun Augustinčić was a prominent Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century...

 masterworks. He worked in sculpture

Sculpture

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 and abstract

Abstract art

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 ceramic

Ceramic

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s with associative nuances and accented dimensions. (Wood, 1971; Forest 1975). He also works with coloured porcelain

Porcelain

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 objects. He's exhibited his works in Zagreb, Samobor

Samobor

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, Sesvete

Sesvete

Sesvete is one of the districts of Zagreb, Croatia. It is located in the eastern part of the city and has 59,212 inhabitants .-Administrative division:...

, Sisak

Sisak

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, Zürich

Zürich

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 and Lichtenstein.

Biography

• 1967 – First collective exhibition at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb
• 1969 – Graduated from the School of Applied Arts
  Applied art
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  , Department of Ceramics
  Ceramics (art)
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  , in the class of Prof. Slavko Barlović
• 1974 – Graduated sculpture
  Sculpture
  Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
  
   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
  Applied art
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   and Croatian Artists’ Community, and started work as an independent artist
  Artist
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  . For two years, he continued his professional training in the master workshop
  Workshop
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   of the sculptor Prof. Antun Augustinčić
  Antun Augustincic
  Antun Augustinčić was a prominent Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century...
  
   in Zagreb
• 1978 – Completed postgraduate studies in sculpture
  Sculpture
  Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
  
   in the master workshop of the sculptor Prof. Antun Augustinčić in Zagreb. Held his first one-man exhibition in Zagreb.
• 1985 – The Museum for Arts and Crafts in Zagreb purchased three of his porcelain
  Porcelain
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   sculptures for its permanent holdings.
• 1995 – Robert Baća is listed in the Encyclopedia of Croatian Art