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Acudogu [Acudoglu], Ratip Asir
(b Istanbul, 1898; d Istanbul, 1957). Turkish sculptor. After military service in World War I he went in 1918 to the Fine Arts Academy in Istanbul, where he studied under the sculptor Ihsan Özsoy (1867–1944). With the help of his father he then went to Germany, where he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. From Munich he went to Paris, where, after failing to get lessons from Aristide Maillol, he worked independently, inspired by the work of Maillol and Emile-Antoine Bourdelle. After returning to Turkey in 1925 and passing an examination he was able to go back to Paris, where he entered the Académie Julian and worked under the sculptors Henri Bouchard (1875–1960) and Paul Landowski (1875–1961). He returned to Turkey in 1928 and worked first as an art teacher at Edirne Teachers’ College and then at various middle schools in Istanbul until his death. His principal works included the monument in Menemen to Mustafa Fehmi Kubilây, a young officer who was shot in the city in 1930 while ordering crowds to disperse; the monument to Ismet Inönü in Erzincan; and the monument to Atatürk at the Faculty of Agriculture in Ankara. He also worked on portrait busts, that of Fahriye Yen (Istanbul, Mimar Sinan U., Mus. Ptg & Sculp) being particularly successful.
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