🎨 What is Iznik Tile Art?
Discover the elegance of this Ottoman craft — its history, meaning, and lasting beauty from past to present! 🌿✨
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Merhaba dostlar, yeni eserlerim sizlerle! Saatchiart galeride (indirimde) satışta. Atölyemden de alabilir ve yeni siparişler oluşturabilirsiniz.
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In a timeless moment,
Fatih Sungurtekin, Turkey
Oil on Canvas, 150 W x 100 H x 3 D cm
#art #sanat #sanatçı #turkishart
A young woman with warm olive-toned skin kneels before a wooden rahle (book stand) in a tiled Ottoman interior. She wears a crimson and gold-embroidered caftan with a gauzy veil, its edges catching soft, raking light. An open manuscript rests partially wrapped in a silk-embroidered linen cover, pages angled toward her steady gaze of reverence and ongoing recitation. Carved wood panels, Iznik-style tiles, and a patterned carpet frame her body. The setting reads as intimate and lived-in rather as a space where devotion, learning, and beauty coexist. Her posture is upright yet relaxed; her expression is absorbed, signaling an active intellectual and spiritual engagement rather than ornamental display. Painted in 1880, this work exemplifies Turkish artist Osman Hamdi Bey’s synthesis of Parisian academic training with Ottoman subject matter. Rather than reproduce Western Orientalist fantasies, Hamdi portrays Ottoman life from within, often centering readers, students, and scholars, women included, as agents of culture. The book that lies open, respectfully wrapped in a linen cloth embroidered in silk, is written in Persian in Arabic script. This detail signals Ottoman cosmopolitanism, where Turkish, Persian, and Arabic literary traditions intertwined. The protective textile wrapper reverberates as both devotional etiquette and a metaphor for safeguarding knowledge. Hamdi’s precision in textiles, woodwork, and tile glazes anchors the scene in material culture, making the act of reading the true subject. In 2019, the painting set a record for the artist at auction in London for £6,315,062 (about $7.8 million) and was acquired by the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. "Kur’an Okuyan Kız" distills Hamdi's vision of cultural legacy into a single, luminous moment: a reader, absorbed; a text, cherished; and a culture represented with dignity, intellect, and care.
“Kur’an Okuyan Kız” (Young Woman Reading) by Osman Hamdi Bey (Turkish) – Oil on canvas / 1880 – Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) #WomenInArt #art #artText #artwork #Quran #Qur’an #reading #OsmanHamdiBey #Hamdi #BlueskyArt #study #IslamicArtsMuseumMalaysia #IslamicArt #TurkishArt
Hi everyone! I hope you’re doing well 💫 My latest mixed-media painting “Lacy 12” (2024) Size: 32 x 45 is now available for sale on my online art galleries. Best wishes 🍀
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The "Girl in Blue Shalwar" by Turkish artist Feyhaman Duran is a unique symbol of innocence. In his largest portrait of a woman by the artist, a young woman with an upright posture is depicted, seated—on an unseen armchair—in front of a screen decorated with botanical motifs. Her clothing draws our attention: she wears bright turquoise shalwar (traditional baggy trousers) paired with a üç etek—a three-skirted overgarment in chickpea beige, decorated with small scattered motifs in the same turquoise—and a crinkled blouse (bürümcük gömlek) trimmed with turquoise and orange embroidery. Her slim waist is cinched with a silver belt. The üç etek is widely used in traditional local dress, though it is not unique to Anatolia (aka Asia Minor or the large peninsula that forms the majority of modern-day Türkiye); it was once worn in the Ottoman palace as well. The young woman has draped a thin red scarf over her hair, likely serving as an accessory. Her face bears a calm, determined, yet content expression. Her gaze is fixed into the distance—as if toward the unknown. Her eyes harmonize with a faint smile on her lips, silently conveying a sense of hope that, while not overtly emphasized, is undeniably present. This is no arbitrary outfit—it is a carefully composed appearance made up of thoughtfully chosen garments. It seems less like the attire of an ordinary Anatolian woman and more like something that would be worn by a woman of higher social standing; yet, it still feels familiar and easily understandable to the general public. Born in Istanbul in 1886, Duran studied art in Paris at the Académie Julian and the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Fernand Cormon’s studio. He returned to Türkiye in 1914. He was appointed teacher of drawing at the Turkish School of Fine Arts in 1919. He was also a founding member of the Union of Fine Arts. In 1933, he joined the staff in the painting department at the school, where he remained until his retirement in 1951.
Mavi Şalvarlı Kız (The Girl in the Blue Shalwar) by Feyhaman Duran (Turkish) - Oil on canvas / 1948 - Türkiye İş Bankası Resim Heykel Müzesi (İstanbul) #WomenInArt #art #ArtText #artwork #FeyhamanDuran #TürkiyeİşBankası #PortraitofaWoman #TurkishArt #TurkishArtist #blueskyart #shalwar #fashion
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Discover Ebru: The Timeless Art of Turkish Marbling
Emerging during the early 16th century Ottoman Empire, Ebru began with delicate blue patterns drifting on water — a graceful legacy of art, patience, and tradition.
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Sanat,, tapınılacak en güzel yapıttır.
"Tapınağım" #süreyyaoperası
#turkishart #operabuilding #flickr #estambul #türkei #turchia #turquie #turquía
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Yeni eserim sizlerle, Şamanın kutsal ışığı, 80x120cm. Fatih Sungurtekin, Turkiye.
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#shamanicart #energy #blessing #artistic #mixedmedia #contemporaryart #traditionalart #modernart #turkishart
🐣✨ Happy Easter from Istanbul!
Wishing you a season filled with beauty, renewal, and inspiration.
This marbled tulip and Easter egg design comes from Turkish traditional art — where every curve tells a story.
Culture connects us. Always.
#HappyEaster #TurkishArt #Minyatür #CihatAskin
Deniz Gökduman, Yıldızların Altında, 100 cm. x 140 cm. T.ü.akr.b, (Acrylic on canvas) 2023.15 #arts #arte #sanat #kunst #artfair #car #denizgökduman #araba #turkishcontemporaryart #turkishart #artoftheday #artoninstagram #artist #sanatçı #ressam #painter #arttoday #night #gece #keşfet
Portrait of a woman wearing a hijab, her gaze strong and determined, exuding resilience and confidence.
Brave, 2022 by Soner Bakir has been added to Gallery B. See other portrait and figurative photography at Gallery B (link in bio.) Gallery B's mission is to showcase and elevate compelling digital art on the @tezos.com blockchain. #turkishart
Some resources list this wonderful painting of a "Girl on the Seashore" by Turkish artist İzzet Ziya is sometimes listed as being completed in 1917; however, it is noted as 1920 as part of the collection of Sabancı Üniversitesi Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi (Sabancı University's Sakıp Sabancı Museum). Whichever year, Ziya has created a composition that conveys the era and the mood of a thoughtful woman in a light-colored coat, leaning on a rock by the sea. She leans forward from the trail with her body bent towards the water resting her elbows on large rocks along the path down to the beach. The rocks and the sea are the focal points, creating a backdrop that draws the viewer's attention to the figure who appears to be in her late twenties or early thirties. She has light, shoulder-length hair under a white cap and is wearing a white coat, white skirt, white scarf, white stockings, and, yes, even white short-heeled shoes. Only the black hem of an underskirt (or perhaps "modern bathing suit" and a closed bright red umbrella (leaning against the rocks) adds a touch of color to her attire. Her expression is pensive, and she seems to be contemplating the ocean-side view watching waves roll in. Ziya was the son of an eminent Istanbul family. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in 1903 and went on to pursue his studies in Paris, working under Ottoman statesman Mehmet Galip Bey. After returning to Istanbul, Ziya worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for magazines. Following the proclamation of the Second Constitution in 1908, Ziya was appointed as court secretary, one of the highest posts at the palace, and succeeded Zonaro as court painter. He participated in the annual Galatasaray art exhibitions. It turns out Ziya was actually the last Ottoman court painter. These painters were selected by the sultan and, as well as painting, they served in various functions at court, as art instructors, head of protocol, and in charge of relations with foreign painters.
Deniz Kıyısında Kız (The Girl on the Beach) by İzzet Ziya (Turkish) - Oil on hardboard / 1920 - Sakıp Sabancı Museum (Istanbul, Türkiye) #womeninart #oilpainting #art #TurkishArt #SSM #womensart #İzzetZiya #IzzetZiya #TurkishArtist #SakıpSabancıMuseum #fashion #style #SakıpSabancıMüzesi #fineart
From IG's womensart1: Turkish artist Selma Gurbuz, Sun Lonely Bride, 2013 #WomensArt #TurkishArt #Art
#aytekindaylan #türksanatmüziği #sanatmüziği #musıki #mûsıkî #solist #assolist #orkestra #koro #solo #gazel #KlasikTürkMüziği #bestekar #makam #türkmüziği #turkishart #turkishartmusic #turkishclassicalmusic #turkishfolkmusic #turkishculture #canonicmusic #yapayzeka #ai
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Music of the Ottoman Court Makam, Composition and the Early Ottoman Instrumental Repertoire
Music of the Ottoman Court
Makam, Composition and the Early Ottoman Instrumental Repertoire
Walter Feldman
Brill 2024
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#OttomanMusic #Makam #Melody #Taksim #Persian #TurkishArt #Treatises #Musicians #Dervishes #Mevlevi
