Turgut Pura and his importance in Turkish sculpture

ivABSTRACTBecause recall the idol, Turkish sculpture is the most impressed art by theview-point of the Islamic fundamentalism.In the developmental duration, Turkish sculpture was face of the limitations.In the beginning of the 1940?s, statue of art was newly understood among the artisticsociety and the members were sustain the classical mentality. On the other hand, thenew generation, which follow-up the improvements and events was growing. AliHadi Bara and Zühtü Müridoğlu were the most important members of thisgeneration. Rudolf Belling, who taught in Istanbul Fine Art Academy, wasemphasizing the importance of the classical statue education.Turgut Pura, who was the student of Belling, was born in 1922 Bursa. Whenhe was a child, he lost his father and moved to Ankara. Respectively, he graduatedthe Mimar Kemalettin Primary School, Kurtuluş Secondary School and Gazi HighSchool. Oh his childhood he observed his uncle Numan Pura who was a painter, andgave importance to painting. When he was in high-school he worked with EşrefÜren.When he was attending the high school he joined the sculpture courses whicharranged by Ankara Halkevi. In 1941 he won the first prize of sculpture branch at thecompetetion arranged the Ankara Halk Evi. Between 1942 and 1943 he attended thesculpture Department of the State Fine Arts Academy. While he was studying heworked as a private teacher at high school to support himself. Because of his illness,he interrupted his education for a while. He graduated the Academy in 1948 with finedegree. After the big fire of Academy, from 1948 to 51, he worked as a volunteer torepairing the art work which damaged by the fire. Because of the teaching staffproblem of the Academy, he did not work as a teacher in Istanbul and moved toIzmir.vUntil 1963 he did not work with any official assignments and he worked as afisherman. In tgis period, he rent a studio and worked here, but it did not fulfill hisexpectations. In 1963 he assigned as a director of Painting and Sculpture Museum ofIzmir. As a result the encouragement of Belling, he studied on bust and figure. In1960s when he lived in zmir, he interested in abstract art and related works.In 1969 he opened first integrated exhibition in Painting and SculptureMuseum of Ankara. After that, he opened second exhibition in Turkish AmericanAssociation of Izmir in 1972. The second was including only sculptures. Thirdexhibition was opened in Painting and sculpture of zmir. Turgut Pura, was died in1979 during the last exhibition of his still life works which he introduced as to be hisflowers.In the collections of State Painting and sculpture Museums , ministries fewbanks, American and Belgium galleries. Pura was worked also on big statues such asFirst Bullet Monument of Izmir.In his abstract works, he practiced new plastic rhythms and textureexperience. He assisted his natural and colorful genre by material variation. Heutilized the reflection characteristic of the shiny surface and practiced the volume-dimension experience. In 1970s, he worked on non-figurative genre and metal-works. Since the 1960s, he carried on individual works and being curator together.He suffered health problem for a long time. Pura was also interested in painting,especially peysage and still life.In State Painting and Sculpture Museum of Izmir, the system which foundedby Pura is in progress today. Exhibition organizations, sculpture and ceramic coursesare in progress. Furthermore, the Foundation of Turgut Pura is also organizingcourses and cultural activities.