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
- The Burning of Manisa during the War for Liberation (1968)
- Mother Earth (1956)
- The Ballerina (1935
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fleet, Kate (2006). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 437. ISBN 9780521620963.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
- ↑ 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.