Miloš Bajić

Modernist painter, who is considered to be the founder of abstract painting in Yugoslavia. He was born in Resanovci, a village near Bosansko Grahovo. In 1922, he moved to Belgrade and completed grammar school and teacher school. During WW2 he spent years in a concentration camp and used drawing as a way to mentally survive. He hid over 150 drawings which were recovered after the liberation. In 1949, he graduated from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade and he became one of the first assistant professors at the Belgrade Academy of Arts and worked. Numerous distinguished painters were students in professor Bajić’s class. He received several national and international awards, decorations and honours. His works are today displayed in numerous museums.