Yavuz Görey (27 August 1912 – 1995) was a Turkish sculptor.

Life

Yavuz Görey was born in

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, Switzerland on 27 August 1912. He is the brother of graphic artist İhap Hulusi Görey (1898–1986). After attending the primary and middle school at Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul and

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, he graduated in 1929. He studied mathematics at

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. He took painting lessons at the Antwerp Fine Arts Academy in Belgium. He completed his higher education at the Istanbul Fine Arts Academy, where he was a student in Namık İsmail's studio for a year, in 1940. He became an instructor at the Architecture Faculty of

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. He died in 1995 in

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Career

He worked with an abstract understanding and became known for his figurative busts and sculptures. He was influenced by German sculptor

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(1886–1972) while working with him at the Istanbul Fine Arts Academy. He was one of the sculptors, who was invited by the Municipality of

to create a sculpture(s) to be put in the parks and squares of the city to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Republic. He died in

Works

*Atatürk head at Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum *Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Paşa statue (1944) *İranian Prince Eşref bust *Samsun central bank reliefs (1949) *Istanbul University, Atatürk and the Youth Monument (1953) *King Faisal II bust in Iraq *Erfelek Atatürk monument *Çınarcık Atatürk monument *Rize Atatürk monument *Devrek Atatürk monument (1962) *Aksaray/Niğde Atatürk sculpture (1965) *Bartın Atatürk sculpture (1968) *Dumlupınar Great Atatürk monument (1973) *Burdur monument (1976)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorey, Yavuz 1912 births Artists from Istanbul St. Joseph High School Istanbul alumni Galatasaray High School alumni University of Liège alumni Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul alumni Academic staff of Istanbul Technical University Academic staff of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Turkish male sculptors 20th-century Turkish sculptors 1995 deaths