In Memoriam Salim Obralić (1945 - 2018) Professor Emeritus

It is with deep sadness that we inform you of passing away of, at the age of 73 in Sarajevo on 9 September 2018, our dear colleague, distinguished professor SALIM OBRALIĆ academic graphic artist and painter, a prominent artist and professor emeritus of the University of Sarajevo.
The commemorative session will be held at the University of Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts - Grand Hall (Obala Maka Dizdara, 3), on Wednesday, 12 September at 11:00 am. The last funeral will be held in Maglaj at 16:45 in front of the Kuršumli Mosque.
 SALIM OBRALIĆ was born in Maglaj in 1945. He finished Secondary School of Applied Arts in Sarajevo in 1965, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1971, and had postgraduate studies of painting finished at the same academy in the Professor Mladen Srbinović’s class in 1974. He was a member of the Association of Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1972.
At the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo he was selected as assistant in the drawing – graphics course in 1974, in which he passed through all academic titles. By 2016, he was a full professor, in the same year he received the honorary title of professor emeritus.
Since 1970, he has exhibited at numerous domestic and international exhibitions. He has won numerous awards for painting, drawing, graphics and sculpture.