On his return to Tunis in 1935, he exhibited a series of works with Parisian themes | |
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At the same time, he attended a , where his interest was piqued, for the first time, by the arrangement of form and colour on writing tablets | The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, vol 1, 2 and 3 |
Faced with family pressures, Turki abandoned his studies and joined the.
Supervisor of Operation and Maintenance Sector• After the Independence in 1956, Yahia became the president of l'Ecole de Tunis, which was created in 1947 by Pierre Boucherle in an attempt to gather Tunisian artists, regardless of their religious, racial, or artistic background, and with the common interest of establishing a Tunisian painting style | He made a great influence at younger artists who was eager to "reconcile Tunisian national identity within an inherited system of artistic practices" |
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In 1956, after Tunisian independence, he succeeded as the president of the , a post he occupied until his death | At age 52, Turki married a Tunisian, and had a daughter named Nazly |
During his stay in Paris from 1926 to 1928 and from 1931 to 1935 he used to visit the studios of French artists the likes of and.
9Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research• Turki experienced his first success in 1923 in the Tunisian | Among his student were the likes of Abdelaziz ben Rais 1903-1962 , 1918-2003 and 1911-1986 |
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He later obtained a and went to in 1927, where he kept company with and | In 1928, he stayed in and took part in the Exhibition of French artists and the |
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