Zühtü Müridoğlu (26 January 1906, in

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– 21 August 1992, in

) was a

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sculptor and one of the first sculptors of the Republican generation. He attended the Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi, and was a student of

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, there from 1924 to 1928. Graduating at the end of that period, he earned a scholarship to Europe and went to Paris, France. He studied art history at the

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and aesthetic lessons at Sorbonne. After returning to Turkey, he worked as a teacher from 1932 to 1936. He was one of the founders of the artists collective called '' D Grubu'' ("D Group"). In 1936, he worked at the

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as a sculptor. In 1939, he taught at the ''Ankara Gazi Eğitim Enstisüsü'', and later at the Fine Arts Institute in Istanbul. After staying in Paris again from 1947 to 1949, he came back to the Academy, and started to teach in his own atelier. In 1955, he opened the ''Ağaç Uygulama Atölyesi'', and became a professor in 1969. In 1971, he retired, however, continued to participate for a long time. Later, he won the ''Sedat Simavi Vakfı'' award in 1977, and ''Atatürk Sanat Armağanı'' Award in 1981. He opened his first personal exhibition in 1932, which focused on monument design. After 1953, he moved more in the abstract direction. He used many materials collected from nature, such as tree branches. After 1975, he returned to his original style.

Notable works

*Barbaros monument (1942), in collaboration with

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*Zonguldak Mounted Atatürk and İnönü Monuments (1946) *Man head, located at the

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*Sitting woman *Low Reliefs at the

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(1953) *Copper Reliefs at the

and

*''Yaşamak'', tree *ikizler *Büyükada Atatürk Monument (1965) *Muş Atatürk Monument (1965)

Sources

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muridoglu, Zuhtu 1906 births Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul alumni Turkish schoolteachers Turkish male sculptors Academic staff of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University 1992 deaths D Grubu