Fikret Mualla Saygı
Turkish painter (1903–1967)
Fikret Muallâ Saygı (July 20, 1903 in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – July 20, 1967, in Reillanne, France) was a 20th-century avant-garde painter of Turkish descent. His work reflects influences from Expressionism and Fauvism, with subject matter focusing on Paris street life, social gatherings such as cafés and circuses.
Early life
He was born in Kadıköy, Istanbul, but lived and worked as an artist in Paris from 1939.
He was very much loved by his mother. This relationship played an important role in his later life. At the age of 12, he was crippled in his right foot when he kicked hard to imitate his uncle Hikmet Topuzer, a footballer for Fenerbahçe SK. Not long after, he lost his mother to a flu epidemic. His father remarried a very young woman, but Fikret Mualla did not accept his stepmother.
Years in Europe
After high school, his father sent him to Zürich, Switzerland to study engineering. Fikret Mualla left Switzerland soon to settle in Berlin, Germany. A childhood accident, leaving Mualla with a bad physical condition, contributed to his erratic personality and mental disorder in his adult years.
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