Artist · Netherlands
“cartoonist”
1909
Magelang
Netherlands
writer
1994
The Hague
Charles Burki.
Netherlands, 1909 to 1994
Charles Burki (1909 to 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. During WWII, Burki was interned in a Japanese POW camp and managed to record the experience.
Biodata
- Born
- 1909, Magelang
- Died
- 1994, The Hague
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Work
- cartoonist, writer, illustrator, painter
Charles Burki, in numbers
Sketchbook