Author: Nenad N. Bach and Darko ubrini
An amazing world of small birds – tieki, viewed by Dragutin Cifrek,
who is a top Croatian painter

Opening of the exhibition – music and small birds – tieki. Mr. Dragutin Cifrek is the second from the right, wearing a funny cap.
| Dragutin Cifrek was born in 1951 in the village of Gornje Makojie 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 (tieki) in the Cultural Center of “Ivan Rabuzin” in Novi Marof. |

Tiek is Croatian deminutive of ti (one male bird).
Tieki is the plural of tiek (two or more of them).

Tiica is a female small bird.





Portrait of a young girl – tiica…

A chest, wooden work of art, prepared by a 90-years old friend of Dragutin Cifrek,
with tieki added by the artist…


Singing tiek… Can you hear me?
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