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[[File:Barbaros Park Statue.jpg|thumb|The [[Barbaros Monument]] that Müridoğlu made together with [[Ali Hadi Bara]]]]
'''Zühtü Müridoğlu''' (26 January 1906 – 21 August 1992) was a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] sculptor and one of the first sculptors of the Republican generation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turkishculture.org/fine-art/sculpture-580.htm |title=An Overview of Turkish Sculpture |last= |first= |date= |website=turkishculture.org |publisher=Turkish Cultural Foundation |access-date=20 April 2018 |quote= |archive-date=23 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323101352/http://www.turkishculture.org/fine-art/sculpture-580.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
He attended the [[Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi]], and was a student of [[İhsan Özsoy]], there from 1924 to 1928. Graduating at the end of that period, he earned a scholarship to Europe and went to Paris, France. He studied art history at the [[Louvre]] and aesthetic lessons at Sorbonne. After returning to Turkey, he worked as a teacher from 1932 to 1936. He was one of the founders of the artists collective called ''[[D Grubu]]'' ("D Group"). In 1936, he worked at the [[İstanbul Archaeology Museums|Istanbul Archaeological Museum]] as a sculptor. In 1939, he taught at the ''Ankara Gazi Eğitim Enstisüsü'', and later at the [[Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi|Fine Arts Institute]] in Istanbul. After staying in Paris again from 1947 to 1949, he came back to the [[Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi|Academy]], and started to teach in his own atelier. In 1955, he opened the ''Ağaç Uygulama Atölyesi'', and became a professor in 1969. In 1971, he retired, however, continued to participate for a long time. Later, he won the ''Sedat Simavi Vakfı'' award in 1977, and ''Atatürk Sanat Armağanı'' Award in 1981.<ref name="nfku">{{cite web |url=http://www.nkfu.com/zuhtu-muridoglu-hayati-ve-eserleri/ |title=Zühtü Müridoğlu Kimdir? Zühtü Müridoğlu hayatı, biyografisi, eserleri, heykelleri hakkında bilgi. |author=Gurur |date=5 December 2012 |website=NKFU.COM |publisher= |access-date=20 April 2018 |quote= |archive-date=21 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421030935/http://www.nkfu.com/zuhtu-muridoglu-hayati-ve-eserleri/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
He opened his first personal exhibition in 1932, which focused on monument design. After 1953, he moved more in the abstract direction. He used many materials collected from nature, such as tree branches. After 1975, he returned to his original style.<ref name="nfku"/>
Müridoğlu was among the contributors of the cultural magazine ''[[Yeni Adam]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Yasemin Türkkan Tunalı|title=Yeni Adam Dergisi|url=https://ataturkansiklopedisi.gov.tr/bilgi/yeni-adam-dergisi/|encyclopedia=Atatürk Encyclopedia|language=tr|access-date=1 April 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401100829/https://ataturkansiklopedisi.gov.tr/bilgi/yeni-adam-dergisi/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Notable works==
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