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Dutch illustrator (1909–1994)
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Charles Burki (1909–1994) was a Dutch illustrator and motorcycle enthusiast, born and raised in colonial Indonesia (the Dutch East Indies) and educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He worked extensively for DAF trucks, Shell, Philips, KLM, Goodyear, and for such magazines as Motor, Moto Revue, Sport in Beeld.

Charles Burki offers the first copy of Achter de Kawat to Mrs. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (3 May 1979)

During WWII, Burki was interned in a Japanese POW camp and managed to record the experience. The drawings were subsequently published in his book Behind Barbed Wire (Dutch: Achter de Kawat). Burki returned to the Netherlands in 1945 and lived in the Hague until his death in 1994. His work has been commemorated in exhibitions, postcards, and postal stamps.

References

  1. d'Orléans, Paul (May 4, 2020). "Charles Burki: Streamliners". The Vintagent.
  2. Burki, Charles (1979). Achter de kawat : als Japans krijgsgevangene. Amsterdam: Buijten & Schipperheijn. ISBN 9061352959.
  3. "CHARLES BURKI (1909-1994)". Kunsthal Rotterdam. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. "Search results for: 'Charles Burki (1909-1994)'". www.artunlimitedshop.co.uk.
  5. "Stamp 2010, Netherlands - Personal stamps TNT/PNL Charles Burki 3 booklets, 2010". PostBeeld stamp shop Haarlem.

Further reading

  • Krell, A. (2002). The devil's rope: a cultural history of barbed wire. London: Reaktion Books. pp. 94-100.
  • Denters, V. (1997). Charles Burki: de kunst van het motorrijden. Bussum: Thoth.



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