Charles Burki

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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.^[1]

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).^[2] Burki returned to the Netherlands in 1945 and lived in the Hague until his death in 1994. His work has been commemorated in exhibitions,^[3] postcards,^[4] and postal stamps.^[5]

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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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