Adnan_Coker
Adnan Coker
Turkish artist (1927–2022)
Adnan Coker (Turkish: Adnan Çoker; 20 October 1927 – 22 August 2022) was a Turkish abstract artist.[1][2][3]
Coker was born in Süleymaniye in Istanbul, Turkey on 20 October 1927.[4][5][6] He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul in 1951[1] and won the European Concourt Prize in 1955.[7] He went on to study in Paris on a scholarship from the Turkish state. In Paris, he worked at the studios of André Lhote, Henri Goetz,[1] and Hayter, as well as at the Emilio Vedova Studio at the International Salzburg Summer Academy.[7]
Coker died on 22 August 2022, at the age of 94.[8]