About Cemal Tollu
Lived 1899 – 1968 (aged 69). Cemal Tollu was a Turkish painter, sculptor and art educator.
Cemal Tollu (19 April 1899 – 26 July 1968) was a Turkish painter. He served in the Turkish War of Independence as a cavalry lieutenant. and witnessed the Fire of Manisa. In 1933 he founded the "D Group" with several other painters In his later life he was to teach at the Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul until 1965.
Paintings
The Burning of Manisa during the War for Liberation (1968) Mother Earth (1956) The Ballerina (1935) Woman with Black Dress (1930)
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Turkish painter (1899–1968)
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Cemal Tollu was born on 19 April 1899 in Istanbul.
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Cemal Tollu died on 26 July 1968 in Istanbul.
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Cemal Tollu was a painter, sculptor and art educator.
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