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رحيل الرسام التركي سميح بالكيغلو (1928-
2006)
رحل "سميح بالكيغلو" أحد رسامي الكاريكاتور الأتراك وأكثرهم شهرة. ولد
الراحل في اسطنبول عام 1928، وتخرج من أكاديمية الفنون فيها عام 1952.
نشر عمله الكاريكاتوري الأول في مجلة "أكابابا" عام 1943.
نال أكثر من (41) جائزة على صعيد تركيا والعالم ، ومنح العديد من
الأوسمة والشهادات الشرفية. أختير من أفضل رسامي الكاريكاتور في العالم
باستطلاع أجراه بيت الكارتون البلغاري( كابروفو). أقام العديد من
المعارض و له أعمال مقتناة في العديد من المتاحف العالمية.
في عام 1969 أسس مع زميلين له أول جمعية للكاريكاتور وترأسها لمدة سبع
سنوات، وترأس أيضاَ اتحاد الصحفيين الأتراك بين عامي 1973 و 1979.
One of Turkey’s most renowned cartoonists, Semih
Balcıoğlu in October 27,2006 is dead. He was born in
Istanbul in 1928. After graduating from Iþýk High School, he entered
the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. There he studied Graphic Arts
and graduated in 1952. His first cartoon was published in 1943 in
Akbaba, a famous humor magazine of the time. He worked for various
newspapers and magazines among which we can cite Akbaba, Karikatür,
Taþ, Akþam, Vatan, Dünya, Tercüman and Hürriyet. Balcýoðlu is
presently with Yeni Yüzyýl Newspaper
Semih Balcıoğlu has so far won 41 awards both at home and abroad of
which can be cited the “Silver Dove” (Skopje). “Golden Medal”
(Pescara), “Golden Palm Tree” and “Golden Date” (Bordighera),
“Türkiye Ýþ Bankasý Great Award”, “Abdi Ýpekçi Peace and Brotherhood
Award”, “Tüyap Honour Award”, and the “Cartoon Fund Honour Award”.
Semih Balcıoğlu was selected as one of the best among 106
cartoonists in the world following a poll conducted by Gabrovo
Humour House.
His works can be found in cartoon museums in Tolentino, Italy;
Gabrovo, Bulgaria; Basel, Switzerland and in Warsaw, Poland.
Some of his drawing have been displayed at the Wilhelm-Busch Cartoon
Museum.
Semih Balcıoğlu is the first artist to have drawn a
three-dimensional cartoon in Turkey. His ceramic cartoons were
displayed in Ankara and Istanbul for three successive years
(1964-1965-1966)
Semih Balcıoğlu has staged 55 personal exhibitions, seven of which
were abroad (Skopje 1972, Paris 1975, Frankfurt 1981, Melbourne,
Sydney and Canberra 1994). Among the 19 books of cartoons he has
published, the one entitled “Bye Bye Istanbul” received the first
prize in the contest of cartoon books held in Pescara, Italy.
In 1969, he along with two of his colleagues, established the
Association of Cartoonists and was chairman of the Association for
seven terms. In 1966 he became Honorary Chairman of the Association.
Semih Balcıoğlu also served as the Chairman of the Turkish
Journalists’ Association between the years 1973-1979. He is married
and has one doughter.
1)Semih Balcıoğlu Cartoon Album (1952) 2) Semih Balcıoğlu Cartoon
Album (1957) 3)Semih Balcıoğlu Cartoon Album (1961) 4) Cartoons with
no remarks (1971) 5) From March 12 to Elections (1973) 6) Turkish
Cartoons in the last 50 years (1973) 7) The First National Front
Government (1977) 8) Bye Bye Istanbul (1979) 9) Turkish Cartoons in
the Republican Era (1979) 10) Out of My Sight (1983) 11)
Caricaturgut (1990) 12)Gallery Çiller (1993) 13) Book on Semih
Balcıoğlu (1993) 14) Semih Balcıoğlu (1994) 15) Game Cards with
cartoons 16) Hacý-Bacý (1997) 17) The Clowns (1997) 18) Cappadocia
(1998) 19) 75 years of Turkish Cartoons (1999)
http://www.irancartoon.com/120/Semih/index.htm
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