Safet Zec (born 5 December 1943) is a Bosnian painter and graphic designer.http://www.safetzec.com/?prj=25

Biography

Safet Zec was born in the town of

Rogatica Rogatica ( sr-cyrl, Рогатица) is a town and municipality located in eastern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,723 inhabitants, while the town of Rogatica has a population of 6, ...

to a Bosniak family, he graduated from the School of Applied Arts in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

in 1964. In 1969 Safet Zec graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Belgrade, and then in 1972 completed his postgraduate studies at the same university. In the seventies, Safet Zec became one of the major exhibits of

poetic realism Poetic realism was a film movement in France of the 1930s. More a tendency than a movement, poetic realism is not strongly unified like Soviet montage or French Impressionism but were individuals who created this lyrical style. Its leading filmm ...

. He was one of the most famous artists in

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during the early nineties. Until 1989, he lived and worked in Belgrade with his family, he returned to

the next year. He left the country in 1992 because of the Bosnian War, and fled to

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. Safet Zec has prepared over 70 solo exhibitions in

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and in large cities around the world. He is also a member of the ''Association of Visual Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina''. He has won over 20 awards and is acknowledged for his work. In 2007 he was awarded with the Order of the Arts and Literature of France. His works are in major European and international galleries, as well as private collections. Today he lives and works in

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, and Počitelj.

Works

*''My sister's room'' *''Bakarević's lodge'' *''A large room'' *''Houses and foliage'' *''Windows'' *''The big house in Bistrik that no longer exists'' *Series of paintings ''Srebrenica'' *''Il pane della carità''

References

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