Mehmet Mahir Tomruk (1885–1949) was a

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sculptor who is one of lead figures in pre-Republic sculpture. He is one of the sculptors to be educated in the Sanayi-i Nefise in the time before the foundation of the Turkish Republic where ha later taught many famous sculptors. His busts are considered powerful works in the scope of fine art and his style is reminiscent of the effects of German Neo-classicism. In 1916, he graduated from the Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi where he was the student of

İhsan Özsoy Ihsan (also transliterated as Ehsan; Arabic, Persian and ur, إحسان or , ku, ئیحسان) is an Arabic masculine given name. Given name ; Ihsan * İhsan Oktay Anar (born 1960), Turkish writer * İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993), Tur ...

. He worked in the Munich Fine Arts Academy in the atelier of Prof. Kurtz and Prof. Belecker. He stayed in (Germany) for 10 years until he returned home in 1924, and was appointed to a teaching position at the Sanayi-i Nefise. From 1933 to 1948 he taught in his atelier. In 1937,

Nijat Sirel Ali Nijat Sirel (1897–1959) was a Turkish sculptor. The Bursa Atatürk Monument that he made in 1931 together with Mahir Tomruk is considered one of his best works. He is one of the first sculptors to take over monument sculpture in Turkey fro ...

was one of Tomruks students at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Together with Sirel, Tomruk had created the Bursa Atatürk Monument in 1931. He taught many well known sculptors including

Ali Hadi Bara Ali Hadi Bara (September 9, 1906 – August 30, 1971) was a Turkish sculptor and one of the first artists of the Republican generation in Turkey. Biography Ali Hadi Bara was born in Tehran but moved with his family to the Ottoman Empire when ...

and

Zühtü Müridoğlu Zühtü Müridoğlu (26 January 1906, in Istanbul – 21 August 1992, in Istanbul) was a Turkish sculptor and one of the first sculptors of the Republican generation. He attended the Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi, and was a student of İhsan Özsoy ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomruk, Mahir 1885 births Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul alumni Turkish male sculptors Academic staff of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University 1949 deaths