Cemal Tollu
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Cemal Tollu (19 April 1899 - 26 July 1968) was a Turkish painter.[1] He served in the Turkish war of independence as a cavalry lieutenant.[2] and witnessed the Fire of Manisa. In 1933 he founded the D Group with several other painters[1] who were devoted to Cubism and Constructivism.[3] In his later life he was to teach at the Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul until 1965.[2]
Paintings
- The Burning of Manisa during the War for Liberation (1968)
- Mother Earth (1956)
- The Ballerina (1935