Cemal Tollu (19 April 1899 – 26 July 1968) was a
Turkish painter
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.
He served in the
Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...
as a cavalry
lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ...
.
and witnessed the
Fire of Manisa
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. In 1933 he founded the "
D Group" with several other painters
who were devoted to
Cubism
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and
Constructivism.
In his later life he was to teach at the Fine Arts Academy of
Istanbul
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until 1965.
Paintings
*''The Burning of Manisa during the War for Liberation'' (1968)
*''Mother Earth'' (1956)
* ''The Ballerina'' (1935)
* ''Woman with Black Dress'' (1930)
References
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1899 births
1968 deaths
20th-century Turkish painters
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