Sabri Fetah Berkel (1907–1993) was a Turkish-Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of the last century in
Turkey
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Berkel was born in
Skopje
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, where, in 1927, he completed high school at a French lyceum. From 1927 to 1928 he studied at an art school in
Belgrade
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. From 1929–1935 he finished his studies at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
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Berkel visited his country Albania in 1982 where he met with his family and parents. Berkel died in
Istanbul
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A
crater
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on Mercury was named after Sabri Berkel.
See also
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Modern Albanian art
References
oxfordreference.com Nasa.gov
External links
artnet.com
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Artists from Skopje
1907 births
1993 deaths
Turkish painters
Yugoslav emigrants to Turkey
Turkish people of Albanian descent