Firuz Askin was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. His father was a cartography officer and his mother studied at the art school. After his senior high school graduation he studied at the Art Academy. Since he did not get an education in classical painting there as he had expected he decided to quit. During and after art school he had begun his professional career as a caricaturist and cartoonist. While working for turkish newspapers and magazines his focus later moved to caligraphy, and from caligraphy to illustration. By doing all kinds of drawings and paintings he gathered experience and knowledge and was in demand for book cover illustrations as well as for film posters.
In 1960 he and his family moved to Munich, Germany. First he worked with well known illustrator Theo Bleser. Eventually he became a freelance illustrator on his own and was hired by magazines, advertisment agencies and publishing houses. Thus he painted hundreds of posters, illustrations and drawings. His work’s motifs show a large range: from ships to nudes to grilled chicken to heavy machinery. Whatever is commissioned by his clients is realized by Askin with the same care and joy. He is able to make use of any technique which is best suited for a work: For example pencil, aquarell or oil. The latter one being his favorite medium.
For two of his larger scale projects Askin is also doing research work: “Turkey’s salt and sweet water fishes” and “The ships of the Dardanelles/Gallipoli – 1914-18″.
Askin lives in Munich. Before coming to Germany he was married to Güner Deger and has two sons.
The variety of his work you can see at the WORKS page. To have a look at a list of clients go to the REFERENCES page.