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Turkish painter
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Male
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Birth:
1 January 1899(Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey)
Death:
1 January 1968(Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Cemal Tollu (19 April 1899 - 26 July 1968) was a Turkish painter. He served in the Turkish war of independence as a cavalry lieutenant. and witnessed the Fire of Manisa. In 1933 he founded the D Group with several other painters who were devoted to Cubism and Constructivism. In his later life he was to teach at the Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul until 1965.
Paintings
- The Burning of Manisa during the War for Liberation (1968)
- Mother Earth (1956)
- The Ballerina (1935