Career
Dabro"s sculptures are typified by angular form. Many are nudes and bronzes. His work is said to embody universal themes, "suffering, hope, sexuality, heroism, spirituality" but also silently acknowledge the "outsider".
1964 - graduate, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb 1966 - Master of Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb 1967 - emigrated to Australia, settled in Canberra 1984-1986 - commission, Royal Australian Navy Memorial, ANZAC Parade, Canberra 1989 commission, Liberal Party of Australia, miniature bust of Sir Robert Menzies commission, Government of Australia, for French Bicentenary, sculpture of naval explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Louisiana Pérouse (now in Paris) 1999 - Retrospective solo exhibition, 1969-1999, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra 2005 - commissions, for Terry Snow and Canberra Airport On the Staircase is a group of four stylised male figures, progressively smaller as they are further up a staircase of diminishing size, all in bronze.
The figures are each reading a book lieutenant cost $80,000. After it was again vandalised, in the local media it was attributed to Ante Dabro.
Yet, it had been attributed correctly weeks earlier by the another outlet to Danish artist, Keld Moseholm Dabro was quoted in local media, as being upset to the vandalism of art, perhaps adding to the confusion among the media. The smallest figure was removed on 8 December 2013, with the act visible on footage from a CCTV camera, with two women shown shortly before the theft.
After the publicity, on the following day the figure was turned in to a local ACT Police station.
