Cihat Burak

The artist, who completed his secondary education at Galatasaray High School, studied at the Fine Arts Faculty between 1937-1943.
He studied at the Architecture Department of the Academy (MSGSÜ). He went to Paris between 1953-55.
He received training in painting. In 1957, he was assigned to Afghanistan for the projects of the Kabul Embassy building.
In 1961, he went back to France with a scholarship to study prefabricated construction methods.
He was sent to France with a scholarship. At the end of the scholarship, he left his job at the ministry and stayed in France.
The artist focused on painting during these years.
After returning to Türkiye in 1965, he worked for a while at the Private Işık School of Architecture and at the Istanbul State
He gave painting lessons at the School of Fine Arts (M.U.). From his studies in France
Cihat Burak, who opened his first solo exhibition in 1957 at the Istanbul Beyoğlu City Gallery,
Until his death, he held 28 personal exhibitions at home and abroad and took part in many group exhibitions.
The artist, in his paintings, draws on the social realism of the 1960s; The Heirs
(1965, MSGSÜ İRHM), Luxurious Life (1965, MSGSÜ İRHM) and Commander-in-Chief (1969)
as it was, he satirized the social events of the period and the degenerating values ​​of the society. Dolmabahçe
Palace Gate (1967 MSGSÜ İRHM), Tombstones (1967, MSGSÜ İRHM), Girl with Pearls (1968, MSGSÜ
In his paintings such as İRHM, he included a fantastical plot. Burak's theme of death
Paintings such as My Canary, My Beautiful Bird, I Am In Love With You (1971), Eren Eyüboğlu, Aliye
He took artists like Berger and poets like Neyzen Tevfik, Nazım Hikmet, Yahya Kemal as his subjects and
There are also cat paintings, especially those he made in his later years.
Cihat Burak, who stated that he did architecture to earn a living but because he loved painting, said that his canvas paintings
Besides his metal prints, coloured porcelains and terracotta sculptures, the artist also has
Although birdhouses have a large place among his clay sculptures, he also made busts from terracotta and
In these, it can be seen that he is approaching Expressionism in his paintings.
Burak exhibited Naval Combat at the Salon Interministeriel at the Musée de L'Art Moderne in Paris in 1964.
Bronze Medal for his painting called Hayal Navy, at the Utrillo Gift Exhibition in Paris in the same year
Won the Silver Medal.