Nuri Iyem - Artist Info

About Nuri Iyem

  • Biography

    Born in 1915, Iyem attended the Nazmi Ziya, Hikmet Onat, Ibrahim Çalli and the Leopold Levy Studios between 1933 and 1937 and graduated from them with the first degree. He finished his military service in 1938 and came back to the academy in 1940 to continue his education for a master’s degree in the painting department.

    He opened his first personal exhibition in 1946 in Beyoglu, Istanbul. Then he sent his “Nalbant-The Horseshoer” to the UNESCO exhibition. In the following years he continuously attended the “Yeniler” mixed exhibitions which took place at the French Cultural Center once every two years between 1947 and 1951. In 1948, he turned towards the abstract in his painting.

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