13 Facts About Fikret Mualla

Fikret Mualla Saygi was a 20th-century avant-garde painter of Turkish descent.

Fikret Mualla's work reflects influences from Expressionism and Fauvism, with subject matter focusing on Paris street life, social gatherings such as cafes and circuses.

Fikret Mualla was born in Kadikoy, Istanbul, but lived and worked in Paris, a long time since 1939 as an artist.

Fikret Mualla's father remarried a very young woman, however Fikret Mualla did not accept his stepmother.

Fikret Mualla was institutionalized a number of times, for alcohol dependency and extreme paranoia.

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Fikret Mualla then went to Paris, the capital of arts and the centre of unlimited freedom for him.

Fikret Mualla was appointed as a teacher for drawing in a high school in Ayvalik.

Fikret Mualla became friends with soprano Semiha Berksoy, writer Nazim Hikmet and painter Abidin Dino.

Fikret Mualla fell in love with the female Turkish painter Hale Asaf without being reciprocated.

Fikret Mualla was put in hospital again for two months, but during this time he never suspended painting.

Fikret Mualla became friends with many renowned artists including Pablo Picasso.

Fikret Mualla moved to Reillanne, a village in southeastern France, as cirrhosis supervened.

Fikret Mualla Saygi is considered to be one of the representatives of Turkish arts in the 20th century, along with Abidin Dino.