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Every Child is An Artist
Turkish Painters
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Avni Lifij
He was born in Samsun in 1886. He was interest in
painting and music when he was at primary school.
His family moved to İstanbul and started to take
French lesson.
1898-1890 he was not able to attend school because
of illness.
1894 he attended anatomy classes in medical school
and physics in pharmacy school as a listener as well
as painting.
Some of his friends advised him to take his paintings
to Osman Hamdi Bey, a well known painter at that
time who liked selfportrait of young artist.
He get a scholarship and sent to Paris in 1906.
1909-1914 he became friends with painte Guillonnet
and Andre Lecomte Du Nouy starter to study in their
ateliers.
Then he was called book to İstanbul. He tough
French and painting.
Avni Lifij
Avni Lifij
October 27 his copy of Luca Giordona’s
Mars and Venus the original of which is
in Louvre Museum, Paris was exhibited
in the school of fine arts with Works of
other artist.
In spring he joined the exhibition in
“Galatasaraylılar” with two portraits.
His article with title “Le Movement
Artistique”.
In autum he joined the exhibition of
“paintings of war and others”. With 20
paintings.
He was appointed instructor of
decorative arts of in the Academi of Fine
Arts.
Avni Lifij was invited to Paris again to
lecture of Mavrice Meys by himself.
He participated four exhibition in his life.
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Avni Lifij
Osman Hamdi
1842-1910 - He was an Ottoman administrator,
intellectual art expert and also a prominet and
pioneering painter. He was also an accomplished
achgeolist. He was the founder of Istanbul
Archaelogy Museum and Academy of Fine Arts.
After high school he studied law.
But left the law and began to Show interested in
painting.
He trained under French orientalist painter Jean
Leon Gerome and Gustave Boulanger.
He stayed 9 years in Paris. His stay in paris was also
marked by the first visit by an Ottoman Sultan to
western Europe.
When Sultan Abdulaziz was invited by Emperor
Napoleon 3. He also met many of the young
ottomans in Paris and even though he was exposed
to their liberal ideas. He did not participate in their
political activities, being a son of Ottoman Pasha.
Osman Hamdi Bey met his first wife Maria, a French
woman in Paris.
Osman Hamdi
Osman Hamdi Bey exhibited 3
painting «at the 1867 Paris exposition
Universelle»
1882 He bacame director of the
Academy of Fine Arts.
He contucted the first scientific based
archeological researches done by a
Turkish team.
His digs included sites Commagene
tomb, in Nemrut Mountain, Adıyaman.
( A top tourist venue in Turkey and
Unesco World Heritage Site today)
He build Istanbul Archaelogy Museum
in 1881.
During his professioanl career as
museum and academy director.
Osman Hamdi Bey contioned to paint
in the style of his French teachers –
Gerome and Boulanges.
Osman Hamdi
The Tortoise Trainer (Turkish: Kaplumbağa
Terbiyecisi) is a painting by Osman Hamdi Bey
which was crafted in 1906 and 1907 (two
versions). In 2004 it was sold for $3.5M and is
currently displayed at the Pera Museum in
Istanbul.
In the Tortoise Trainer, Osman Hamdi Bey
cleverly satirises the slow and ineffective
attempts at reforming the Ottoman Empire,
through the attempts of an anachronistic
historical character to train tortoises. The
painting depicts an elderly man in traditional
Ottoman religious costume which predates the
introduction of the fez and the spread of
Western style dress with the Tanzimat reforms
in the mid 19th century. He holds a traditional
ney flute with which he is attempting to "train"
the tortoises at his feet.
Hoca Ali Rıza
1858-1939
He was born in Istanbul. When he was of primary
school he was interested in painting.
He opened an exhibition at his early age.
Ali Rıza after finishing fine arts. He began to work as an
art teacher. He had many painting about nature.
You can see many landscapes of Istanbul in his
painting.
He didnt have education abroad, so he didint emitate
any artist at that time.
In his works.
He painted by feeling the nature and without emitation
of other famous artist. So his paintings are very
valuable any make people comfortable in peace.
Hoca Ali Rıza
Hoca Ali Rıza
İbrahim ÇALLI
He was born in ÇAL village in İzmir.
Today ÇAL village is located in Denizli. He attempt the school
named Sanayi-i Nefise by the support of İbrahim ÇALLI in 1906.
After education in 1910, he was sent to Paris for art education
within a group Hikmet ONAT and Ruhi AREL.
This famous painter had education in L’ecole des Beaux Arts
Fernard Cormon artworkshop in Paris.
After 1st World war he returned to his country. He wanted to
make radical changes then he began to teach at many schools.
İbrahim ÇALLI has been know not only a good art teacher, but
also a famous artist.
He helped many students to be a famous artist. Such as Şeref
AKDİK, Saim ÖZVEREN, Elif Naci …
He died of gastric bleeding in 1960.
He had a classical education but supported to work free style
technique.
He has lots of Works as portraits, nudes, landscapes and still
life.
One of his paintings was sold nearly 2 M named Bostanci coast.
İbrahim ÇALLI
İbrahim ÇALLI
Ümit Aslan
Ümit ASLAN was born in Adıyaman in 1973. He moved
Malatya as his father was teaching there. Then he completed
his education life at Malatya university as a departure of art
at the age of 23.
His working life as an art teacher started Diyarbakır in
1996. He opened many exhibiton as amateur and
encouraged many students to become an artist.
He has been teaching as an art teaacher in Tarsus since
2001. Meanwhile he drew many portraits and began to show
interest photograpy...
He leaded to open an photograpy instuite in Tarsus and
directed it many years.
He joined many exhibitions and he opened MEHMET BAL
exhibition gallery in 2013.
His second indiviual exhibition was great at 75 art gallery in
Adana. He is also dealing with oil painting and cartoon.
He won the first prize as a cartoonist at istanbul Arel
University contest.
He has been a member of tarsus art gallery since then.
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Orhan BOĞA
Esra İNAL DUTLU
Duygu YOLCU
Medine CARLAK
Art consultant;
Ümit ASLAN – www.umitology.com
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