Vesna Bučić

Vesna Bučić
in 2010
Born(1926-12-02)2 December 1926
Zagreb, Croatia
Died25 February 2025(2025-02-25) (aged 98)
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
Known forArt historian

Vesna Bučić (December 2, 1926 – 25 February 2025) was a Croatian art historian and museum curator. She was an expert in the history of Slovenian residences and applied arts in the twentieth century.[1]

Early life and education

Bučić was born and schooled in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia in 1926. Her parents, Jelka (born Darlić) and Visko Bučić, were from the island of Vis. She graduated from the University of Ljubljana. She had studied art history from 1952 to 1957.[1][2]

She obtained her doctorate in 1993[3] with a dissertation on the old houses of Slovenia.

Career

She published a number of books on the museums of her country[4] including co-authoring a book in 1979 about the museums and galleries of Slovenia.[5] She was particularly known for her knowledge of clocks.[6][7]

She became the acknowledged expert in the history of residences and applied arts in Slovenia in the twentieth century.[1]

Death

She died on 25 February 2025 at the age of 98.[8]

Awards

In 1985 she received the Valvasor Award.[1] This award is the highest award for museology.[9] Four years later she was awarded the plaque of the Association of Museum Workers of Yugoslavia. In the following year she took the Zupančič Award. After her retirement in 1993[1] she became an honorary member of the Slovenian Museum Association in 1996.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Bučić, Vesna (1926–2025) - Slovenska biografija". www.slovenska-biografija.si. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  2. ^ "BUČIĆ, Vesna - Hrvatski biografski leksikon". hbl.lzmk.hr. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  3. ^ Bučić, Vesna (1992). Starejša stanovanjska kultura na Slovenskem: doktorska disertacija (in Slovenian). V. Bučić.
  4. ^ "Muzejski dokumentacijski centar". katalog.mdc.hr. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  5. ^ Bučić, Vesna; Štular, Hanka (1979). Muzeji in galerije v Sloveniji (in Slovenian). Društvo muzealcev Slovenije.
  6. ^ "book on clocks". biblio.hs-ny.org. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  7. ^ "Ljubljana Watchmakers in 18th Century". www.sistory.si. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  8. ^ a b "Žalna seja v spomin na dr. Vesno Bučić". www.nms.si. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  9. ^ "The Valvasor Award for BIO 26| Common Knowledge • BIO 26". 26.bio.si. Retrieved 2025-12-05.