Vojin Bakic

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Bakić in his studio

Vojin Bakić (born June 5, 1915 in Bjelovar , Austria-Hungary , † 1992 in Zagreb ) was a Yugoslav sculptor . He was an important exponent of abstract sculpture and art after World War II . His work was instrumental in the transition in Yugoslav sculpture from socialist classicism to socialist modernism.

Life

Bakić was born in Bjelovar in 1915 to a wealthy family. His father was Konstantin Bakić (* 1882 in Bjelovar, † 1925 in Sušak ), he was of Serbian origin. His mother was Jelena born. Schnautz (* 1889 in Bakar ; † 1970). She came from a wealthy family, her father was of Swedish origin and her mother came from a Hungarian-Slovak aristocratic family.

Bakić attended elementary school from 1921-32 and then the high school in Bjelovar. In 1933 he exhibited works of his own for the first time. Bakić first studied law, but he dropped out. He switched to studying art at the Academy in Zagreb with Frano Kršinić and graduated with a diploma in 1939. In the same year he took part in the exhibition “Zagreb Artists” in Zagreb . 1940-41 he took lessons from Frano Kršinić, Roberta Frangeša-Mihanovića and Ivan Meštrović . Bakić went on a trip to Italy and visited Florence and Milan.

During World War II, he and his four brothers were arrested by the Ustaša because they were Serbs . His four brothers died in the Jadovno concentration camp . Bakić survived because of a letter from his former teacher Frano Kršinić to the government requesting his release. In 1942 he married Ljubo Schneider with whom he had a child, Zoran († 1992).

Bakić began his artistic work with sculptures in the style of socialist realism, but turned more and more to elementary geometric forms. A well-known work of this time is the sculpture "Taurus".

In 1956 he was a participant in the Venice Biennale and documenta 2 in 1959 in Kassel .

In the 1960s to 1970s he created various monumental sculptures in Yugoslavia dedicated to aspects of the Second World War. Many of these monuments have been destroyed or abandoned since the 1990s and are at risk of looting and vandalism.

Awards

  • 1979: Vladimir Nazor Prize for Applied Arts

Gallery of works (selection)

Web links

Commons : Vojin Bakić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Spomenik Database | The Monumental History of Yugoslavia. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Bakić, Vojin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Bjelovar
DATE OF DEATH 1992
Place of death Zagreb