Painter and writer (b.
1906, İstanbul – d. 10 January 1982). He graduated from Galatasaray High School
and Academy of Fine Arts. He was a student of İbrahim Çallı and Hikmet Onat in
the faculty. After he made workshops in Paris and came back, he took part in
founders of group of Individuals and group D in 1933.
He founded the International Art Critics, Committee of
Turkey of UNESCO with Suut Kemal Yetkin in 1954. He continued his professorship until his retirement. He worked as
the director of İstanbul Art and Statue Museum in 1960s. He obtained the first
place in State Art and Statue Exhibition. In addition to art, he also became
well known with his writings in various types of literature.
WORKS:
Modern Sanat
(Modern Art, 1932), Türk Heykeltraşları (Turkish
Sculptors, 1937), Türkiye'de Resim (The
Painting in turkey, 1943), Sanat
Konuşmaları (The Art Interviews, 1943), Belliniler
(Bellinis, 1951), Türkiye'de Resim ve
Heykel (Picture and Statue in Turkey, 1957), Resim Bilgisi (The Knowledge of Picture, 1964), Ustalarla Konuşmalar (The Interviews
with the Masters, 1971), Resim ve Heykel
Müzesi (Picture and Statue Museum, 1972), 50 Yılın Türk Resim ve Heykeli (Turkish Picture and Statue of Fifty
Years, with Hüseyin Gezer, 1973), Fikret
Mualla (with Orhan Koloğlu, 1971), Türk
ve Yabancı Resimlerinde (In Turkish and Foreign Pictures, 1977), Başlangıcından Bugüne Çağdaş Türk Resim
Sanatı Tarihi (From Beginning to Now, Modern Turkish Picture Art History,
with Adnan Turani, 1979).
