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Born February 7, 1933 ( 1933-02-07 ) Karalar Village, Ankara Education Gazi Institution of Education, Department of Painting Awards 1975 “Special Jury Award” in the 5th DYO Exhibition
1976 The award of achievement in the 37th State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition
1977 “Mention of Honor” in the 11th DYO Exhibition
1982 The award of achievement in the 41st State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition
1981 Award for the First-Runner-Up in the Competition Organized by the Ministry of Culture on the subject “The War of Independence and The Revolutions of Atatürk” on the 100th anniversary of Atatürk’ s Birthday
1985 Award in the 19th DYO Exhibition
1986 “The Mention of Honor” in the Competition Organized by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on the Subject “National Sovereignty and Peace”
1987 The award of achievement in the 48th State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition
1987 The mention of Honor in the TAPO Atatürk the 6th Painting Competition
2002 Gazi University, 75 Years in Education “Plate of Honor”
2007 Eskişehir Art Association, “Art Incentive Reward”
2010 Eskişehir Art Association, “Reward of Exertion in Art”
2011 BRHD 40. Years “Honor Award” Known for Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Writing | ||
Fikri Cantürk (7 February 1933, Ankara), Turkish painter and professor.
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Biography
Born in the village Karalar, Ankara, Fikri CANTÜRK completed his primary education attending the school “Eğitmenli” in his home town for the first three years and Hasanoğlu Village Institute Application Primary School for the remaining two years. He graduated from Hasanoğlu Village Institute in 1952. In the same year he was appointed to Koparan Village Primary School, which is nearby Ankara as the “School Principal”. He attended the Department of Painting, Gazi Institution of Education in 1954 and in 1957 he won his degree. In 1957, he was appointed to Van-Emis (Alparslan) Teacher Training School. In 1958 he started Officer Cadet School. From 1958 to 1959, he completed his military service as a reserve officer in Mersin Petty Officer School. He worked as a teacher in Beşikdüzü Girls Teacher Training School from 1959 to 1960, in Trabzon High School in 1961 and in Ordu-Perşembe Teacher Training School from 1962 to 1965.
Academic Career
He was sent to France by the Ministry of Education in1965. During 1965 and 1966, he did some research, investigation and works of art in Paris. In the same years he made some studies in Dijon Teacher Training School and with a couple of friends opened an exhibition in Dijon University making Turkey both touristic and culturally known and this drew the attention of Dijon people dramatically.
When he was back in Turkey in 1967, he was appointed to Kütahya Girls’ Teacher Training School, and worked there as the chief of the workshop and the chief of education. In 1970, Mr. Cantürk was appointed to Samsun Institute of Education, where took part in the foundation of the Department of Painting and worked there as the head of the department for 10 years. Fikri Cantürk was rusticated from the university in the period of the Fascist Military Coup d’état on September 12, 1980. In 1983, he earned his Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Painting, which was later joined to 19 Mayıs University.
From 1985 to 1988 he worked in Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty as a part-time academician.
He became an associate professor in 1987 and made a comeback to work for the Department of Painting in Faculty of Education, Anadolu University. In 1992, he was appointed as the head of the Department and worked there until his retirement. He became the professor in 1993. Mr. Cantürk, who retired in 1997, is still working in his studio in Eskişehir.
As well as focusing on painting recently, Mr. CANTÜRK has not only been concerned with sculpture but also literature. Among his sculpture studies “ATATURK MONUMENT” in the gardens of Kütahya Girls’ Teacher Training School (1967) and Atatürk Primary School (1968)can be pointed out.
His Published Articles and Books
Selections from The Collections His Works of Art Are In
Ankara Painting and Sculpture Museum, Denizli, Mersin Painting and Sculpture Museum, Anadolu University Museum of Modern Arts, Ministry of Culture, TRT, Ziraat, İş, Halk Bank, DYO, Presidency of General Staff Collections. Apart from all these, he has many works of art in official and private collections both in Turkey and in abroad.
Some of The Exhibitions He Participated In
In Turkey;
In Abroad;