Zlatko Bourek

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Zlatko Bourek
Born(1929-09-04)4 September 1929
Požega, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
Died11 May 2018(2018-05-11) (aged 88)
Zagreb, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb

Zlatko Bourek (4 September 1929 – 11 May 2018[1]) was a Croatian Jewish film director, screenwriter, production designer, cartoonist and expert on Jewish culture.[2][3]

Bourek was born in Požega. He was raised in Osijek, where he moved at the age of 4, by his Jewish mother and Serbian stepfather. Bourek graduated sculpture and painting at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb in 1955. During his career he made several theater set designs, and had many solo and group exhibitions. He had solo exhibitions in Duisburg, New York, Dubrovnik, Varaždin, Osijek and Zagreb. In 1959, Bourek started doing graphics work and in 1963 he exhibited the paintings that had all the features of his artistic creation, turned to grotesque humor and surrealistic feel of the folk element.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/umro-akademik-zlatko-bourek-1245229
  2. ^ Snješka Knežević (2011, p. 99)
  3. ^ Jerković, Ana (1 August 2010). "INTERVJU Zlatko Bourek: Sreća što nisam bogat" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ^ Silobrčić, Dobroslav (6 January 2013). "EKSKLUZIVNO PRIZNANJE Zlatko Bourek: 'Ja sam slavonski erotoman. Ja radim nakaze. I volim ih'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

Bibliography[]

  • Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo (2011). Židovski Zagreb. Zagreb: AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-174-393-8.
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