Sabri Berkel
Sabri Fetah Berkel (1907–1993) was a Turkish-Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of the last century in Turkey. Berkel was born in Skopje, where, in 1927, he completed high school at a French lyceum. From 1927 to 1928 he studied at an art school in Belgrade.
Also recorded as Sabri Fetah Berkel
Sabri Berkel
- Died
- 1993 · Istanbul.
- Nationality
- Albania · Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- painter
- Honours
- State Artist
- Languages
- Turkish
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Sabri Fetah Berkel (1907–1993) was a Turkish-Albanian modernist painter; he was one of the most important painters and academic personalities of the last century in Turkey. Berkel was born in Skopje, where, in 1927, he completed high school at a French lyceum. From 1927 to 1928 he studied at an art school in Belgrade.
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Born at Skopje in 1907, died in Istanbul in 1993.
The recorded working language is Turkish. Distinctions recorded are State Artist.
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