Artists
Fikret Muallâ
A painter represented in İstanbul Modern’s collection and exhibitions.
The Turkish name
Fikret Muallâ
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The story
A museum retrospective explored his work. Painting, colour and everyday scenes offer useful themes for learning about his art.
Muallâ spent most of his working life in Paris, painting cafés, street scenes and musicians in bright gouache. Little known in his lifetime, he is now among the most collected Turkish painters.
At a glance
- Born
- 1903, İstanbul
- Died
- 20 July 1967, France
- Lived in
- Paris, from 1939
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- Fikret Muallâ retrospective ↗İstanbul Modern · Checked 2026-09-20