Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (born 1899)

Cemal Tollu

Turkish painter (1899–1968)

Cemal Tollu was a Turkish painter. He served in the Turkish War of Independence as a cavalry lieutenant. and witnessed the Fire of Manisa. In 1933 he founded the "D Group" with several other painters who were devoted to Cubism and Constructivism. In his later life he was to…