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Dragutin Cifrek painting small birds – Tieeki

Posted on February 17, 2025September 7, 2026 by Nenad N. Bach and Darko Žubrinić

Tičeki – part 1

An amazing world of small birds – tičeki, viewed by Dragutin Cifrek,
who is a top Croatian painter
Opening of the exhibition – music and small birds – tičeki. Mr. Dragutin Cifrek is the second from the right, wearing a funny cap.
Dragutin Cifrek was born in 1951 in the village of Gornje Makojišće near the town of Novi Marof on the north of the city of Zagreb, Croatia. He is a top Croatian painter and graphic artist, educated at the at the Academy of Arts of the University of Zagreb. He lives in Slovenia. In 2025, he exhibited his fascinating portraits of small birds (tičeki) in the Cultural Center of “Ivan Rabuzin” in Novi Marof.

Tiček is Croatian deminutive of tič (one male bird).
Tičeki is the plural of tiček (two or more of them).
Tičica is a female small bird.
Portrait of a young girl – tičica…
A chest, wooden work of art, prepared by a 90-years old friend of Dragutin Cifrek,
with tičeki added by the artist…
Singing tiček… Can you hear me?
Please, go to the next page below.

Tičeki – part 2

Each tiček is a personality…
The exhibition TIČEKI was organized within the Cultural Center of “Ivan Rabuzin” in the town Novi Marof,
on the north of the city of Zagreb, Croatia
Mario Cifrek (tenured full professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb)
with his close relative and distinguished Croatian artist Mr. Dragutin Cifrek
Please go to the next page below.

Tičeki – part 3

Two tičeki:
Dragutin Cifrek (painter and graphic artist) with his very good friend Tihomir Petrović (music teacher)
This is the third and the last page.
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