THE WORLDWIDE FAMOUS PAINTERS

After graduating from Darüşşafaka, he entered the painting department of Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi in 1918 at the
age of 14 and started studying painting at Hikmet Onat's and İbrahim Çallı's workshops. While studying here in
Hikmet Onat's workshop, he obtained his "primary" student right due to his success. After five years of academy
training, he decides to go to Munich with his individual opportunities and attends the Hans Hofmann School. He
attended Hans Hoffman's workshop in Munich, where he went in 1923, with Ali Çelebi and Zeki Kocamemi. He
returns to Turkey on July 18th, 1924. After returning to his homecountry, he worked with Çallı for a while. In 1924,
he passed the exam held to send students to Europe. He is then sent to Paris on state scholarship. He enters the
National School of Fine Arts in Paris with the approval of Professor Lucien Simon. He studied in Lucien Simon's
workshop for four years in Paris, where he was a student of the well-known painter Lucien Simon. After working
and studying at the Lucien Simon's workshop for four years, he returns to Istanbul on Tuesday, 16th of July 1928.