He is the graphic designer of the 20,000 Lira banknotes from the seventh emission group, which depict the Central Bank of Turkey Headquarters on the reverse, and the 50,000 Lira banknote, which features the Turkish Grand National Assembly composition (*1).
These two banknotes are the last banknotes whose designs were created by a foreign artist. The original designs for the banknotes were created in Türkiye by watercolor artist and graphic designer Adrian Arthur Senger, while the engravings, films, and plates were produced in Switzerland, at De La Rue Giori.
Senger studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (Munich Academy of Fine Arts). From 1959 to 1971, he worked as a graphic artist at the Giori firm in Milan.
From 1960 to 1962, he studied banknote and document design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Brera Academy of Fine Arts). From 1979 to 1987, he worked as a graphic designer and art consultant at De La Rue Giori in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also contributed to the design of the Deutsche Mark banknotes (*2).
[1] TCMB LİRA Bülteni, Ocak 2009 Sayı: 49, “1927’den 2009’a Cumhuriyet Banknotları“, Hüseyin Şaşmaz (*51, s. 12).
