Mustafa Nusret Suman (21 March 1905, Veria
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) was a Turkish sculptor and painter. He worked especially on portraits and monuments. His last work is the

Hittite Sun Course Monument The Hittite Sun Disc Monument ( tr, Hitit Güneş Kursu Anıtı) is a memorial dedicated to Hittites created by sculptor Nusret Suman, and placed in the Sıhhiye Square in 1978. History It is a replica of a Hatti monument unearthed in excavation ...

, which was the symbol of the city of

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in the past.

Life

Suman was born in

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close to

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in 1905. His father, İsmail Hakkı Bey, was an officer in the

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. His mother, Naciye Hanım, was the first Turkish photographer. After the Ottoman defeat in the

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his family moved to

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. His interest in the arts started with him watching his father make

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paintings.Nusret Suman'ın Kısa Biyografi'si, ''Arkitekt Dergisi, 1976, Cilt 4, Sayı 364''
/ref> In 1922, he entered the Sanayi Nefise Mektebi, and was educated in painting in the ateliers of Hikmet Onat and

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. In 1925 he moved on to İhsan Özsoys sculpture atelier. In 1929 he graduated from the mektebis sculpture faculty. In the exam that started right after his graduation he won the European learning award with his work: "Tayyareci Fethi ve Sadık Anıtı".Nusret Suman'ın kısa özgeçmişi, ''Arkitekt Dergisi, 1980, Cilt :1 Sayı:377''
/ref> This is how he became one of the Turkish Republics first students to be sent abroad to Europe with a scholarship. First going to

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for painting and then followed by

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for sculpture. In 1934, he returned home; he joined the efforts in creating the Müstakil Ressamlar ve Heykeltıraşlar Birliği (Private Artists Union); In 1941 he joined the artists group known as the

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(Group D). In 1943 he was appointed to the Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi (Fine Arts Academy) as teaching staff, and educated many students there. In the contest for sculptures and reliefs to be included in the

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complex he won first place in the divisions for the "İnkılap Kulesi" (Revolutions Tower), "Barış Kulesi" (Peace Tower), "Müdafaa-i Hukuk Kulesi" (Defense of Law Tower), "Misak-ı Millî Kulesi" reliefs.Erol Morkoç, Heykel ve Kabartma Yarışması, ''Anitkabir.org sitesi, 24.04.2011, Erişim tarihi:22.05.2013''
/ref> In 1969 after receiving his professor title he retired. For three years he continued his art in the

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. Suman, who in his life created monuments many of them honoring Atatürk, in 1978, for Ankaras

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, made the

. While going to check on his last work before the grand opening of the monument Suman was in a traffic accident which he did not survive.Aydın Tiryaki, Hitit Heykeli Hakkında, ''27.11.2006, Erişim tarihi:22.05.2013''
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Notable works

* Tokat Atatürk Monument (1935)Nusret Suman, Atatürk ve Atlet heykelleri, ''Arkitekt Dergisi, 1935, Sayı 1935-10 (58)''
/ref> * Muğla Atatürk Monument (1937) * Mustafakemalpaşa Atatürk Monument (1939) * Kırıkkale Atatürk Monument (1942) *Orhan Veli bust (1958,

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)Orhan Veli büstü, ''Orhanveli.net sitesi , Erişim tarihi:22.05.2013''
/ref> * Balıkesir Atatürk Monument (1959) * Çorlu Atatürk Monument (1960) * Karacabey Atatürk Monument (1961) * Çarşamba Atatürk Monument (1961) * Sivas Atatürk Monument (1964) * Adapazarı Atatürk Monument (1964) * Ankara Science Faculty Atatürk Monument (1964) * Bingöl Atatürk Monument (1965) * Sinop Atatürk Monument (1967) * Gaziantep Atatürk Monument (1967) * Ana (1970) * Hipi Şair (1971) *

(1978) * Namık Kemal Sculpture,

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* Galatasaray High School Fatih Sultan Mehmet bustAhmet Bayındır, Fatih Heykelleri, ''Eyüpsultan Sempozyumu VII Tebliğ Kitapçığı, 2013''
/ref> * Mimar Sinan Sculpture (İstanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum) * Ankara Science Faculty, Athens, Switzerland and Belgium (1978)
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busts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suman, Nusret 1905 births People from Veria Turkish male sculptors Road incident deaths in Turkey 1978 deaths Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul alumni 20th-century sculptors D Grubu

Life

Notable works

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