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Word: nazilli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When he is not at the state-controlled textile factory at Nazilli, Eyuboglu still labors long and cheerfully in his dank ground-floor studio down an alley from the city's main street. He sells most of his pictures for under $50, and according to a friend, "if you express a special interest in something he has done, he'll insist on giving it to you." Eyuboglu's ambitions far outsoar commercial success. Says he: "My goal is to evolve an art as unique as Persian miniatures and Matisse, and as Turkish as our coffee and tobacco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Brilliance on the Bosporus | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

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