Feyhaman Duran
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Feyhaman Duran (Sept. 17, 1886 – May 6, 1970) was a Turkish artist.


Biography

He was born in
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in 1886. After graduating from
Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School (, ), established in Istanbul in 1481, is the oldest and Selective school, highly selective high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was establi ...
, he was sent to Paris by Halim Paşa to study painting. He became a student of Jean-Paul and Paul Albert Laurens at the
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. Later he continued his education at the
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in
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’s studio. He returned to Turkey in 1914. Some of his portraits were displayed at the Galatasaray Exhibition of 1916, where his portrait of Dr. Akil Muhtar won the silver medal. He was appointed teacher of drawing at the 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.


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* 1886 births 1970 deaths Galatasaray High School alumni 20th-century Turkish painters {{Turkey-painter-stub