1903 - 1969
Yahia Turki Tunisian Painter
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| First Name |
Yahia
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| Last Name |
Turki
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1902
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| Birthplace |
Istanbul, Turkey
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| Died |
1st March, 1969
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| Nationality |
Tunisian
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| Occupation |
Painter
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Yahia Turki, (يحيى التركي), born Yahia Ben Mahmoud El Hajjem in 1903 in Istanbul, Turkey, died 1 March 1969, was a Tunisian painter described as the "father of Tunisian painting". After the Independence in 1956, Yahia became the president of l'Ecole de Tunis, which was created in 1947 by Pierre Boucherle in an attempt to gather Tunisian artists, regardless of their religious, racial, or artistic background, and with the common interest of establishing a Tunisian painting style.
