Biography

Hasan Fazlic is for a long time a member of the Association of Artists of Applied Art of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ULUPUBiH) and international group "Interart" in Stutt-gart. Apart from publishing cartoons in his paper "Oslobodenje" he also published cartoons around the former Yugoslavia: "Delo", "Pavliha" (Ljubljana), "Vjesnik", "Danas" (Zagreb), "Borba", "NIN", "Politika", "Mladost", "Jež" (Belgrade), "Nova Makedonija", "Osten" (Skopje)...

Many magazines and papers abroad published his cartoons, just to mention some of them "Krokodil" (Moscow), "Pardon", "Frankfurter algemeine Zeitung", "Stuttgarter Nachrichten" (Germany), "Nebelspalter" (Switzerland), "Stršel" (Bulgaria), "Help", "Oggi", "Eureka", "La stampa" (Italy), "Perspektiva" (Poland), "Kayhan caricature" (Iran)...
Besides cartoons Hasan Fazlic wrote travel sketches and polemics publishing them in "Borba", "Svijet", "Odjek", "Politika" and "Oslobodenje". He has illustrated numerous books for children and adult. He designed scenographies, dolls and costumes in Narodno pozorište Tuzla (People's Theatre in Tuzla) and Sarajevo. He also designed posters and cooperated with the TV in Sarajevo.

Hasan Fazlic is represented in numerous anthologies of the world's cartoons and satiric drawing, just to mention a few "Umorvisti a Bordighera" (Edizioni Martinelli, Mi-lano), "Köln/Cologne cartoon" (Herausgeber: Stadt Köln), "106 Contemporary Car-toonists" (House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, 1980.), "Satiricon '80" (Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 1980.), "Sköna skämt" (Utvigen av bokforlaget bra böcker, 1985, Sweden), "Who's who in satire and humor" - biographisches Verzeich-nis der satirischen, kritischen und humoristischen Grafiker des 20. Jahrhunderts 1 (Wiese Verlag, Basel 1989), Art Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (JLZ "Miroslav Krleža", Zagreb 1984)...

Cartoons and humoristic and satiric drawings of Hasan Fazlic are in museums of Tolentino (Italy), Warsaw (Poland), Istanbul (Turkey), Montreal (Canada), Gabrovo (Bulgaria), Basel (Switzerland), Lausanne (Switzerland) and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) as well as in private collections around the world.

In 1972 the works on saving Venice were exhibited in the Biennial Exhibition in Ven-ice in the section "Special Projects".

In 1978 he was invited to Cologne, together with eight outstanding cartoonists from Europe, USA and Japan, to draw cartoons on this city. The works are in the proprie-torship of the city of Cologne.

Awards and recognitions:

The first prize at the Yugoslav Festival of Humour and Satire Budva 1968, Annual Award of the Journalists' Association of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1968, Award Nolit in "^ivijada" Šabac 1968, Special Diploma in the International Biennial of Humour in Art Tolentino 1969, Third prize in "^ivijada" Šabac 1969, Award for artistic achievement in cartoons given by the Community of Culture of Montenegro in the Yugoslav Festival of Humour and Satire Budva 1969, Silver Plaque "Martini" in the International Salon of Humour Bordighera 1969, Special Recognition in the International Exhibition "Satire in the Struggle for Peace" Moscow 1969, Silver Plaque in the International Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 1971, Award granted by the Minister of Culture and Spectacle of the Government of Italy in the International Salon of Humour, Bordighera 1972, Special Award for the set of cartoons in the exhibition of the aviation cartoons Belgrade 1972, The second prize in the International Biennial of Cartoons in Gabrovo (Bulgaria) 1973, Annual award of the Journalists' Association of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the best cartoon Sarajevo 1973, Annual award for the best cartoon of the Journalists' Association of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1974, Silver Plaque in the International Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 1975, Special Plaque for the entire work in the International Biennial of Humour in Art Tolentino (Italy) 1975, Gold Date in the International Salon of Humour Bordighera 1976, Award of the town of Bordighera in the International Salon of Humour Bordighera 1976, Silver Date for cartoons made on specific subject in the International Salon of Humour Bordighera 1977, Gold Date for cartoons on assigned subject in the International Salon of Humour Bordighera 1978, Award of the Council of Europe for the Cartoon Strasbourg 1978, Gold Date for cartoons in the International Salon of Humour Bordighera 1979, Gold Palm for the cartoon in the International Salon of Humour Bordighera 1980, Grand Prix for the cartoon in the International Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 1982, Award of the Association of Applied Art of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1982, The first prize in the International Exhibition of Cartoons Duisburg 1983, Award of ULUPUBiH for the best artistic achievements in 1984 Sarajevo 1985, the first prize "Cesare Marcorelli" for the cartoon in the International Biennial of Humour in Art Tolentino 1985, Grand Award for the poster in the International Exhibition of Posters Los Angeles 1986, The first prize in the International Salon of Cartoons Montreal 1987, The first award in the International Biennial of Cartoons Foligno (Italy) 1988, Award of the City of Ankara in the International Exhibition of Cartoons Ankara 1989, Silver Medal in the International Biennial of Sport Cartoons Ancona 1989, Gold Astrolabio of the Foundation Christopher Columbus Genoa 1990, Award of the Gallery "Ambience" Lucerne 1991, Award "Silver Frigate" of the Liguria Province Bordighera 1992, Award of the "Colegium Artisticum" Sarajevo 1998, Special recognition for children's illustrations Cartagena de Indias 2000, “Tuzla Plaque” 2004,
Merited member of the Association of Artists of Applied Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

In 1991 cartoons of Hasan Fazlic were selected and included in the exhibition Karikatur europäische Künstler der Gegenwart in the Wilhelm-Busch-Museum in Hanover.
Hasan Fazlic is since 1980 a permanent member of the International Panel of Judges in the Salon of Humour in Bordighera (Italy) as well as many other local and interna-tional panels of judges.
Married to Suphija, alias Buba, has a daughter and two grandchildren, Una and Edi.

Hasan Fazlić Caricatures & Cartoons

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