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12"X9" Acrylic Painting on Canson paper 98 lb

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9"X12" Acrylic Painting on Canson paper 98 lb

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Bedri Rahmi Eyupoglu

Hi guys,

I’d like to tell you more about Turkish artists. As you know Turkey is a very unique country; you can be influenced by history, nature, architecture, food and daily life.  Therefore, Turkish artists have lots of things to be impressed by. 

Bedri Rahmi Eyupoglu was one of them. He was a poet, painter, sculptor and ceramist, who also made stained-glass. He lived from 1913 to 1975. Until he died, he taught painting and art to many students.  I can say they are lucky students; I wish I had a chance to study under him.

 He was really talented and creative. He used different materials and styles. He lived in France and worked under Andre Lhote in Paris. While he was there he found works of Dufy and Matisse, who influenced Bedri Rahmi.  You might know that Matisse is one of my favorite painters.  

He lived in the USA for two years and observed paintings, as well as different art materials.  

He was a student of Nazmi Ziya and Ibrahim Calli. After he took lessons, Calli told him, “You’ve got everything you need; now you have to go and see abroad.”

When he was a student, he always had problems with math, and even art classes were a struggle for him. He made his brother to do his painting home work.  When he met his art teacher, everything changed and with his teacher’s support he started studying at Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul.  He also started writing poetry during his high school years and was published years later.

Even though he was influenced by some other artists, he eventually found his own style, painting traditional things like streets, people, Anatolian rugs, culture, ceramic, and miniature. He thought that folk art was the best.

He won many awards.

I like his paintings and poems. He said “I wasn’t born as a painter; I studied to be a painter.” That’s why I keep working and working!

 You can find more information about Bedri Rahmi on this web site, http://www.bedrirahmi.com/

Thanks for your time, guys.  Let me know if you have any question!

Gunes Yilmaz

Osman Hamdi Bey

Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910)

  I have always liked his style and paintings. He has such a unique style which everyone can like. Therefore, I would like to share a few things about him and his paintings which I like a lot.

There are lots of things to tell about him but I just want to share a few things about him.

Here is the self-portrait of him.

He was a painter, archeologist, statesman and museum director.

He was always creative, productive and intellectual in his life.  He did lots of things, such as founding the School of Fine Arts (Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi), and he helped to establish Turkey's law of Conservation of Antiquities.

"The Tortoise Trainer" by Osman Hamdi Bey, Pera Museum, İstanbul 

 

This is the painting I tried to paint and finished it in 2 months.  I worked on it really hard!

I love orientalist style and I've always loved this painting! 

So I wanted to paint something for my dad and showed him a few paintings - he picked the one you see now! 

When I finished it, he loved it a lot and now it's in our living room in Turkey!

If you want to learn more about how I painted it, click on this link: http://gunesyilmaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-did-i-paint-osman-hamdi-painting.html

 This is called "Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi," which means The Tortoise Trainer

Osman Hamdi Bey painted it in 1906 and 1907, so there are actually two versions.  In 2004, one was sold for $3.5M.

Here are some of his other paintings that I really enjoy, and would like to paint someday.

"Şehzade Türbesi’nde Derviş" 1908 

 

Look at the details, Aren't they awesome?

"Silah Taciri"

"Türbe Kapısı Önünde Üç Sakallı Adam"

"Harem"

Take me to the moon

"Take me to the moon "

 

Digital Painting with photoshop

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Paris’te Son Tango / Last Tango in Paris

"Paris’te Son Tango / Last Tango in Paris"

14"X11" Acrylic Painting

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