Komet
Illustration — Coşkun with a painting Gürkan Coşkun (1941 – 22 September 2022) or more widely known as Komet was a Turkish painter. Coşkun was born in Çorum in 1941. After attending İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts between the years 1960 and 1967, he moved to Paris in 1971.
Also recorded as Gurkan Coskun
Komet

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- Born
- 1941. · Çorum.
- Died
- 2022. · Istanbul.
- Nationality
- Turkey.
- Occupation
- painter and poet.
- Education
- Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.
- Languages
- Turkish.
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Illustration — Coşkun with a painting Gürkan Coşkun (1941 – 22 September 2022) or more widely known as Komet was a Turkish painter. Coşkun was born in Çorum in 1941. After attending İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts between the years 1960 and 1967, he moved to Paris in 1971.
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Also worked under the name Komet. Born at Çorum in 1941, died in Istanbul in 2022.
Komet studied at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. The recorded working language is Turkish. Work by Komet is recorded in the collections of Musée d'art moderne de Paris.

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