Painter. Born in 1927, Milas / Muğla. He was student of Bedri Rahmi
Eyüboğlu during his education in Fine Arts Academy between the years 1947–51.
After his graduation he went to
Erol was one of the
first appliers of the localness perspective, which appeared in the field of
arts in 1960s. He worked on natural outlooks with a colorful and sentimental
expression. He was influenced by the search of style of Far-Eastern arts and
Western painters such as Braque, Bonnard and Vuillard. He reflected traces of
lyric-abstract understanding in his works between the years 1962-66. During the
same years he used the brush in a rapid way and with wide arm movements in his
works such as Büyük Mor (1962) and Lüksemburg Parkı (1962), which was a
similar way of expression to “Tachism”.
Erol, aside from his
painting works, presided the Association of United Painters and Sculptors and
directed the press organ of the association, the Sanat-Haber magazine. He wrote evaluation
articles in this magazine about artistic issues (1972-75). Besides in various
press organs he published articles and analysis writings about Turkish arts and
its problems. He was awarded with the second rank in State Painting and Sculpture
Exhibition in 1961, first rank in 1968, Achievement Award in 1971 TRT Painting
Competition, Atatürk and Republic Award in 1973, Sedat Simavi Foundation Visual
Arts Prize in 1980, Ankara Arts Fair in 2003 and ÇAGSAV Honor Awards, Artist
Prize.
WORKS:
Günümüz Türk Resminin Oluşum Sürecinde Bedri
Rahmi Eyuboğlu / Yetişme Koşulları, Sanatsal Kişiliği (1983), Başlangıcından
Bugüne Çağdaş Türk Resim Sanatı
Tarihi (2 volumes, with Günseli Renda, 1980), Nazmi Ziya (1995).