found: Wikipedia, viewed 6 October 2016Jan Burka (Jan Burka; Czech-born painter, graphic artist and sculptor; born on June 14, 1924, in Postoloprty; in 1940, began studying at a private art school; on 10 August 1942, deported to Terezín concentration camp, where he continued studying art and met his future wife, figure skater Ellen Danby; after the war, moved to Amsterdam, studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and working as a graphic artist; in 1951, moved to Toronto, studying at the Ontario College of Art & Design; moved to France in 1961, returning to Toronto in 1968, where he remained until 1978; died in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in 2009)
