Muhittin Sebati (1901,

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- 1932,

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) was a Turkish

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painter and sculptor.

Biography

He was orphaned at an early age. After a brief period in the public schools, he entered the

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schoolBrief biography
@ Turkish paintings. in 1908 and studied there until 1920. After attending one of the Galatasaray exhibitions, he developed an interest in art and eventually enrolled at the "Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi" (School of Fine Arts), where his instructors were and

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. In 1922, he had his first exhibition at the Galatasaray.Brief biography
@ the Literature and Art Academy. In 1925, he was awarded a scholarship to study in Paris. He attended the

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, where he worked with

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, and the Ecolé des Arts Décoratifs, where he studied sculpture with

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and

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. He returned to Turkey in 1928. That same year, he began teaching at the Ankara Boys' High School (apparently an obligation for receiving the scholarship) and participated in the "Birinci Genç Ressamlar Sergisi" (First exhibition of young artists) at the

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in 1929. Later that year, he returned to Istanbul and became one of the founders of the "Independent Painters and Sculptors Association" and was elected its first president. He had an especially successful showing at an exhibition held by the " Türk Ocakları" (Turkish Hearths). In 1931, he was diagnosed with

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and died early the following year at Haydarpaşa Hospital.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebati, Muhittin 1901 births 1932 deaths Turkish painters People from Amasya 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Landscape painters Post-impressionist painters Tuberculosis deaths in Turkey