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Hayri Çizel

Hayri Çizel (1891 - 1950)

He was born in Dimetoka District of Edirne Sanjak in 1891 and finished primary school here. He became a student of painter Hasan Rıza at Edirne High School. Influenced by him, he painted war scenes. After completing his education in Edirne, he studied at Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi (today's Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University) under Ömer Adil, Valery and German Artist Hern Warnia. After his military service, Çizel, who was sent to Munich by the state, was a painter for a while. He worked in Hans Hofmann's workshop. After returning home, she worked as an art teacher at Erenköy and Istanbul girls' high schools, Kuleli and Halıcıoğlu military high schools and Davutpaşa middle school. He died on October 13, 1950, during his duty at the İstanbuş High School for Boys, where he worked in his last years.

The solidity of line and composition and the richness of color observed in his paintings are based on the education he received at the Sanayi-i Nefise School. Çizel, who participated in the wars on the Gallipoli Peninsula as a reserve officer, created an album with sketches and watercolors drawn from the battlefields whenever he had the chance. In this album, which was prepared in 1915, he determined the places where the war took place, the villages, the deployment of tents and privates with his observations on the spot. In these paintings, which are like a war diary, Hayri Çizel has brought his lived observations to a visual activity and document level with a solid pattern and natural colors.

In his other paintings, Hayri Çizel joins the 1914 Generation's understanding of color / light, which was influenced by plain form and impressionism, with personal observation distinctions. With its clear, luminous color values, especially in its landscapes, the lived nature passion of outdoor painting preserves its weight.