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Leyla Gamsiz Sarptürk
Leylâ Gamsız Sarptürk (1921–2010) was a female Turkish artist who led the trend of combining western and traditional arts in the 1950s. Biography Leylâ Gamsız Sarptürk frequently switched schools in her childhood to accommodate to her father's work. Her teacher Eşref Üren in high school first discovered her artistic talent. After high school, Sarptürk wanted to attend the Academy of Fine Arts to continue studying painting. However, the academy only accepted secondary school graduates, thus she ended up studying geography at the Istanbul University. In 1949 Sarptürk earned a scholarship after opening her first solo exhibition, and she studied painting in Paris for a year. She married her classmate Hulusi Sarptürk that year, and they moved to Hendek after marriage for Hulusi's teaching profession. Sarptürk worked as a painter until 2000. She died on 13 July 2010 in Istanbul when she was 89. Life as an artist After attending college Sarptürk did not give up on her dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyla Gamsiz Self Portrait For Page
Leila (, , ) is a feminine given name primarily found in the Middle East, including all Arab countries, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. In the Latin alphabet, the name is commonly spelled in multiple ways, including Leila, Layla, Laylah, Laila, Leyla, and Leylah. Leila comes from the word ''layl'' (), which means "night", or "dark". The name is often given to girls born during the night, signifying "daughter of the night". The story of ''Qays and Layla'' or ''Layla and Majnun'' is based on the romantic poems of Qais Ibn Al-Mulawwah () in 7th century Arabia, who was nicknamed Majnoon Layla (), Arabic for "madly in love with Layla", referring to his cousin Layla Al-Amiriah (). His poems are considered the paragon of unrequited chaste love. They later became a popular romance in medieval Iran, and use of the name spread accordingly. The name gained popularity further afield in the Persianate world such as Iran and Pakistan also amongst Turkic peoples and in the Balkans and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eşref Üren
Eşref is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Ashraf (Arabic: أَشْراف ''ashrāf''), meaning "most noble or honorable". It may refer to: Given name *Eşref Apak (born 1982), Turkish hammer thrower *Eşref Armağan (born 1953), Turkish painter *Eşref Bilgiç (1908–1992), Turkish footballer and manager *Eşref Bitlis (1933–1993), Turkish army general *Eşref Hamamcıoğlu (born 1954), Turkish entrepreneur and investor *Ešref Jašarević (born 1959), Bosnian footballer *Eşref Kolçak (1927–2019), Turkish actor *Eşref Özmenç (1930–1990), Turkish footballer *Eşref Uğur Yiğit (born 1945), Turkish admiral *Eşref Vaiz, Cypriot politician Middle name * Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba (born 1951), Turkish politician and doctor * Ragıp Eşref Filiz (born 1978), Turkish journalist and author * Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın (1892–1959), Turkish diplomat, politician and scholar See also *Eshrefids, Anatolian beylik (medieval Turkish principality or emirate) * ''E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Fine Arts
The following is a list of notable art schools. Accredited non-profit art and design colleges * Adelaide Central School of Art * Alberta College of Art and Design * Art Academy of Cincinnati * Art Center College of Design * The Art Institute of Boston * The Art Institute of Pittsburgh * Bauhaus University Weimar * California College of the Arts * California Institute of the Arts * Camberwell College of Arts * Cleveland Institute of Art * College for Creative Studies * Columbia College Chicago * Columbus College of Art and Design * Cooper Union * Corcoran College of Art and Design * Cornish College of the Arts * École cantonale d'art de Lausanne * Emily Carr University of Art and Design * Fashion Institute of Technology * Government College of Art and Craft * Grekov Odessa Art school * Kansas City Art Institute * Kendall College of Art and Design * Laguna College of Art and Design * Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts * Maine College of Art * Maryland Institute C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul Universit
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
