Nedim Günsür

Background

Nedim Günsür was born in 1924 in Ayvalik, Balikesir, Turkey. Nedim Günsür's grandfather was Gazelhan Mahmut Nedim Bey.

Education

Nedim studied at Fine Arts Academy under Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu.

Career

In 1948 Günsür moved to Paris and received a scholarship from the French government. He changed the impressionist painting that he had been pursuing until that time, with the influence of Picasso, Léger and Matisse, as well as African art, which he had recently recognized, to a semi-abstract understanding.

Günsür returned to Turkey in 1952 and worked as an art teacher in Ereğli. He then continued his studies independently in Istanbul. Nedim Günsür's art reflects the region's realities, the peculiarities of nature and life. Nedim Günsür died on 13 November 1994 in Izmir.

Achievements

• Nedim's work "Sky" won the first prize at the 24th State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition in 1963. In 1972 he was selected as "Painter of the Year" by Milliyet Sanat magazine. He won the Ataturk and Cumhuriyet Prize in 1973.

Works

More photos

• painting

  • Untitled

  • Untitled

  • Acrobats

  • Untitled

  • Untitled

  • Untitled

  • Untitled

  • Untitled

  • Untitled