Cemal Tollu

Cemal Tollu (19 April 1899 - 26 July 1968) was a Turkish painter.[1] He served in the Turkish war of independence as a cavalry lieutenant.[2] and witnessed the Fire of Manisa. In 1933 he founded the D Group with several other painters[1] who were devoted to Cubism and Constructivism.[3] In his later life he was to teach at the Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul until 1965.[2]

Paintings

References

  1. 1 2 Fleet, Kate (2006). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 437. ISBN 9780521620963.
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  3. Shaw, Wendy M. K. (2011). Ottoman Painting: Reflections of Western Art from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. I.B.Tauris. p. 170. ISBN 9781848852884.
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