Mersad Berber (1940-2012) Mersad Berber, also known as berber, was a bosnian painter born on january 1, 1940, in bosanski petrovac, bosnia and herzegovina. he obtained a ba and ma degree at the ljubljana academy of fine arts and later became a professor at the academy of fine arts in sarajevo. ## Early Life & Artistic Beginnings Berber’s formative years were marked by a prodigious talent for drawing—a skill that distinguished him from his peers early on. His illustrations and cartoons appeared in prominent publications such as Oslobođenje, Čičak and Polet, demonstrating an immediate engage…