Şadi Çalık (1917 – 24 December 1979) was a Turkish sculptor. He is famous for his abstract sculpture. Çalık was born in Heraklion, on the island of

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, in 1917. In 1923, during the

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, he moved to

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with his family. Between 1932 and 1939, he worked in the atelier of the painting teacher

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in İzmir on drawing. In 1939, he started in the Sculpture Department of the Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul. In 1940, he created the first piece that was ordered from him, "Atbaşları". With many busts, he created, he showed that he could do quality work quickly and with ease. At the Fine Arts Academy, he was a student of

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between 1940 and 1948. From 1950 to 1951, he worked in Paris, France. He self funded his trip to Paris, where he learned much about sculpture, there he worked at the abstract sculpture Atelier at Rue Grand Chaumiere. He worked freelance until 1959, and then started teaching at the Fine Arts Academy. In 1971, he was appointed a professor there. He won several national sculpture competitions.

Style

In 1950, Çalık started to make abstract sculptures. He started with traditional classic sculpture and slowly moved more towards abstract sculpture with time.

Personal life

He married Müfide Cumalı, the sister of

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, on 1 September 1951, and they moved to

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together. In 1952, their daughter, Siren, was born. Later, they also had a son, Osman Çalık. He was friends with the artists Cevat Şakir, Sabahattin Eyüboğlu,

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, İlhan Koman and others.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calik, Sadi 1917 births 1979 deaths Artists from Heraklion Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul alumni Turkish male sculptors 20th-century Turkish sculptors Academic staff of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Greek emigrants to Turkey