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Güzel İstanbul
''Güzel İstanbul'' (''Beautiful Istanbul'') is a concrete public sculpture of a nude female figure by Gürdal Duyar that is located in Yıldız Park in Istanbul, Turkey. The sculpture was commissioned in 1973 as one of 20 sculptures installed in Istanbul as part of an initiative by the Istanbul Municipality to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. ''Güzel İstanbul'' represents Istanbul as a nude female figure; its plinth was adorned with figurative motifs referencing the history of Istanbul. ''Güzel İstanbul'' was originally located at Karaköy Square. Several Turkish media outlets and traditional conservative politicians considered the sculpture obscene and called for its swift removal. In March 1974, a controversy surrounding the sculpture's installation temporarily strained Turkey's governing coalition. Following nine days of intense public debate, ''Güzel İstanbul'' was removed from its plinth and toppled on 18 March. It was significantly dama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yıldız Park
Yıldız Park () is a historical, urban park in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the largest public parks in Istanbul. The park is located in Yıldız, Beşiktaş, Yıldız quarter between the palaces of Yıldız Palace, Yıldız and Çırağan Palace, Çırağan. History Yıldız Park was once part of the imperial garden of Yıldız Palace. Extending down the slopes from the palace, this walled park was reserved only for palace dwellers during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II. The area of Yıldız used to be a forest in Byzantine Empire, Byzantine times. Starting during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the sultans made it their hunting grounds. In the next centuries, it remained as a grove behind the seaside palaces. The neighbourhood began to flourish in the wake of construction of the palace in the 19th century. It took its name from the first pavilion, namely ''Yıldız Kasrı'', commissioned by Selim III in early 19th century. The of the palac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şadi Çalık
Şadi Çalık (1917 – 24 December 1979) was a Turkish sculptor. He is famous for his abstract sculpture. Çalık was born in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, in 1917. In 1923, during the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, he moved to İzmir with his family. Between 1932 and 1939, he worked in the atelier of the painting teacher Abidin Elderoğlu in İzmir on drawing. In 1939, he started in the Sculpture Department of the Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul. In 1940, he created the first piece that was ordered from him, "Atbaşları". With many busts, he created, he showed that he could do quality work quickly and with ease. At the Fine Arts Academy, he was a student of Rudolf Belling between 1940 and 1948. From 1950 to 1951, he worked in Paris, France. He self funded his trip to Paris, where he learned much about sculpture, there he worked at the abstract sculpture Atelier at Rue Grand Chaumiere. He worked freelance until 1959, and then started teaching at the Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyhun Topuz
Seyhun Topuz (born 1942) is a Turkish sculptor who works in a geometric abstract narrative. Life and works Topuz was born in 1942 in Balikesir and attended Law School. When her second academic year started she stopped with Law School and started to study for the Art School exams. She was accepted to the State Fine Arts Academy, MSGSÜ, and graduated from its Higher Sculpture Department. Between 1974 and 1978 she worked as an assistant in that same department. In the 1970's she opened her first personal exhibition. In 1973 Topuz was one of the 20 artists chosen to make works in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic and her artwork stayed at 4. Levent for a limited time. In 1977 she completed the degree of academic qualification with thesis in her field on () "light and transparency in sculpture" Between 1978 and 1980 and also 1983 to 1984 she continued her sculpture career in New York City. Between the years 1978–1980 she worked together with Art Stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nusret Suman
Nusret Suman (21 March 1905, Veria – 15 August 1978, İzmit) was a Turkish sculptor and painter. He worked especially on portraits and monuments. His last work is the Hittite Sun Course Monument, which was the symbol of the city of Ankara in the past. Life Suman was born in Veria close to Thessaloniki in 1905. His father, İsmail Hakkı Bey, was an officer in the Ottoman Army. His mother, Naciye Hanım, was the first Turkish photographer. After the Ottoman defeat in the First Balkan War his family relocated to Istanbul. His interest in the arts started with him watching his father make watercolor paintings. In 1922, he entered the Sanayi Nefise Mektebi, and was educated in painting in the ateliers of Fikret Onat and İbrahim Çallı. In 1925 he moved on to İhsan Özsoys sculpture atelier. In 1929 he graduated from the mektebis sculpture faculty. In the exam that started right after his graduation he won the European learning award with his work: "Tayyareci Fethi ve S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Sonad
Kamil Sonad (1914, year of death unknown) was a Turkish sculptor. Sonad was born in Istanbul in 1914, a student of Rudolf Belling Rudolf Belling (26 August 1886 – 9 June 1972) was a German sculpture, sculptor. His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics#Sculpture, sculpture event in the Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics, art compe .... His early work began with classical nudes, aiming to represent the modern woman of the Republic of Turkey. Much of his early work was in plaster. References External links A number of Sonad's works are on display in the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum Image of his sculpture "''Nude''" 1914 births Year of death missing 20th-century Turkish sculptors Turkish male sculptors {{Turkey-sculptor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Füsun Onur
Füsun Onur (born 1938) is a Turkish artist, based in Istanbul. She uses everyday materials in her painting and sculpture to reflect on space, time, rhythm and form. Early life and education Onur was born in Kuzguncuk, Istanbul. She attended the Department of Sculpture at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, where she was a student of Ali Hadi Bara. Rewarded a Fulbright scholarship, she continued her master's degree in sculpture at Maryland College of Art, Department of Sculpture where she graduates in 1967. Works Onur's early works come in the form of abstract geometric sculptures. However, starting from 1971 she used found objects and light, transparent or reflective materials to create rhythmic compositions that examine space and time. Having lived and worked in the same house on the Bosphorus where she was born, her childhood memories and objects (clothes, toys, furniture, photographs) as well as found objects collected from its vicinity are materials she often rearranges i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Görey
Yavuz Görey (27 August 1912 – 1995) was a Turkish sculptor. Life Yavuz Görey was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 27 August 1912. He is the brother of graphic artist İhap Hulusi Görey (1898–1986). After attending the primary and middle school at Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul and Galatasaray High School, he graduated in 1929. He studied mathematics at University of Liège. He took painting lessons at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), Antwerp Fine Arts Academy in Belgium. He completed his higher education at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul Fine Arts Academy, where he was a student in Namık İsmail's studio for a year, in 1940. He became an instructor at the Architecture Faculty of Istanbul Technical University. He died in 1995 in Istanbul. Career He worked with an abstract understanding and became known for his figurative busts and sculptures. He was influenced by German sculptor Rudolf Belling (1886–1972) while working with him at the Mimar S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Teoman Germaner
Ali Teoman Germaner (1934 – 23 February 2018), was a Turkish sculptor. He is also known as Aloş. Life He was born in 1934 in Istanbul. Between 1949 and 1954 he was educated in the İDGSA Sculpture Department in the studios of Rudolf Belling, Zühtü Müridoğlu and Ali Hadi Bara. In 1960 he went to Paris with a scholarship from the French government. Between the years 1961 and 1965 he could be found at the École des Beaux-Arts. He studied sculpture in the studio of René Collamarini René ('' born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name ( Renée being the femini ... and ''gravür'' in the studio of W. S. Hayter. In 1965 he started teaching at the Mimar Sinan University Fine Arts Faculty sculpture department. In 1970 he became a docent, and in 1976 a professor. After founding the academies ''serigrafi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerrin Bölükbaşı
Zerrin Bölükbaşı (1919–2010) was a Turkish sculptor. She was of the first Turkish female sculptors, and the first woman sculptor to work on abstract sculptures. Life Early life Zerrin Bölükbaşı was born as Zerrin Ark to İhsan and Nevzat Hanım in Bakırköy, Istanbul, then in the Ottoman Empire in 1919. Her mother Nevzat was an educated woman, who graduated from the German school and her father İhsan Ark worked in real estate business. In 1926, she entered the Bakırköy Primary School, and after she finished the school, the family moved to Kadıköy in Istanbul. There, she continued her schooling in Kadıköy American High School. At the Academy Celal Esat Arseven, who was in a close relation to her recommended her to attend the State Fine Arts Academy, and she officially registered there in 1938 to the Sculpture department. From 1937 to 1941 she worked at the academy sculpture department in the studio of Rudolf Belling. She was a student in the sculpture Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamer Başoğlu
Tamer Başoğlu (born 1938) is a Turkish sculptor. Early life and education He was born in 1938 in Nazilli. In 1960, he graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy. With a state scholarship, he continued his studies in Italy. In 1964, he returned to the academy as an assistant. In 1968, he participated in the Salzburg Summer Academy, working with Kirschner and Emilio Vedova. Career In 1970, he earned the title of associate professor, and in 1976, he was promoted to professor. In 1983, he was appointed as the Head of the Department of Sculpture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, a position he held until 1990. He then served as the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts from 1990 to 1994. Between 1994 and 2000, he was the Rector of the university. Following his tenure as rector, he served as the President of the Council of Fine Arts Branches in Universities under the Council of Higher Education. In 2012, he joined Işık University Işık Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuzgun Acar
Abdülahet Kuzgun Çetin Acar (28 February 1928 – 4 February 1976) was an Afro-Turk sculptor well known for his works in metal. He is best known for his abstract sculpture, abstract sculptures and is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculptures in Turkey. One of his famous sculptures is ''Kuşlar'' ("The Birds"), which he created in 1967. Private life Kuzgun Acar was born in Istanbul to Nazmi Acar and his wife Ayşe Zehra, who was a sub-Saharan African woman of either West or Central African origin, arriving from a Libyan port, or from Ethiopian origin . Although his father Nazmi Acar was a well-to-do businessman he initially refused Kuzgun, perhaps because of his dark complexion, skin color (the forename ''Kuzgun'' involves a pun; it means "Raven" in Turkish and seems to make reference to the saying “The raven sees her young as a falcon”). Kuzgun and his mother (who soon afterwards divorced her father) lived in poverty during his childhood and youth. He graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |