Cemal Tollu

Cemal Tollu (19 April 1899 – 26 July 1968) was a Turkish painter.

[1] He served in the Turkish War of Independence as a cavalry lieutenant.

[2] and witnessed the Fire of Manisa.

In 1933 he founded the "D Group" with several other painters[1] who were devoted to Cubism and Constructivism.

[3] In his later life he was to teach at the Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul until 1965.