Avni Arbaş (1919 – October 16, 2003) was a Turkish painter of
Circassian descent.
ArbaÅŸ was born in
Istanbul
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, in the
Constantinople Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire
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. He is best known for his
paintings
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of scenes from daily life in Turkey, the
Turkish War of Independence
, strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...
, the
Bosphorus
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,
fishermen
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,
horse
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s, and nature. He also made many portraits.
He lived for many years in Paris
and died of cancer in
İzmir
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,
Turkey
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in 2003. His daughter
Zerrin ArbaÅŸ Zerrin is a Turkish feminine given name which, etymologically, comes from Persian (, "Zarrin", ). Notable people with the name include:
* Zerrin Temiz musician, vocalist, music producer, singer of "Hislerim" song
* Zerrin Bakır (born 1981), Turki ...
was notable as a beauty queen and actress and his granddaughter
Derya ArbaÅŸ was also an actress.
References
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1919 births
2003 deaths
Painters from Istanbul
People from Constantinople vilayet
Turkish people of Circassian descent
Turkish people of Abkhazian descent
Deaths from cancer in Turkey
Burials at AÅŸiyan Asri Cemetery
20th-century Turkish painters