Zühtü Müridoğlu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Turkish sculptor
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Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
About Zühtü Müridoğlu
- Zühtü Müridoglu (Istanbul 26 January 1906 – Istanbul 21 August 1992) was a Turkish sculptor and one of the first sculptors of the Republican generation.He attended the Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi, and was a student of Ihsan Özsoy, there from 1924 to 1928.
- Graduating at the end of that period, he earned a scholarship to Europe and went to Paris, France.
- He studied art history at the Louvre and aesthetic lessons at Sorbonne.
- After returning to Turkey, he worked as a teacher from 1932 to 1936.
- He was one of the founders of the artists collective called D Grubu ("D Group").
- In 1936, he worked at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum as a sculptor.
- In 1939, he taught at the Ankara Gazi Egitim Enstisüsü, and later at the Fine Arts Institute in Istanbul.
- After staying in Paris again from 1947 to 1949, he came back to the Academy, and started to teach in his own atelier.
- In 1955, he opened the Agaç Uygulama Atölyesi, and became a professor in 1969.
- In 1971, he retired, however, continued to participate for a long time.
- Later, he won the Sedat Simavi Vakfi award in 1977, and Atatürk Sanat Armagani Award in 1981.He opened his first personal exhibition in 1932, which focused on monument design.
- After 1953, he moved more in the abstract direction.
- He used many materials collected from nature, such as tree branches.
- After 1975, he returned to his original style.
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