Ferik İbrahim Pasha (1815,
Istanbul - 1891,
Üsküdar) was a Turkish painter; one of the first to produce Western-style oil paintings.
Biography
In 1835, he graduated from the "Mühendishane-i Berr-i Hümâyun", now known as
Istanbul Technical University, and was one of two art students chosen to be sent to Europe for further studies.
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@ Kim Kimdir. It is known for certain that he went to Vienna, and may have visited London as well. During this period, his fellow students were largely graduates of the
Turkish Military Academy. According to Halil Bey's book ''Elvahı Nakşiye'' he had produced many paintings most of which were purchased by
Şeker Ahmed Pasha.
It is not known when he returned from Europe, but he gave lessons at the court of Sultan
Abdülmecid I, eventually attained the rank of Lieutenant General (Korgeneral) and became a member of the
Supreme Military Council.
During much of his career, the Classical styles were preferred, especially for portraits. He was briefly exiled to
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
after executing a realistic portrait of the Sultan that showed his
smallpox scars.
Most of İbrahim's works are landscapes and
still-life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...
s.
See also
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History of Modern Turkish painting
The history of modern Turkish painting can be traced back to the modernization efforts in the Ottoman Empire during the Tanzimat period, in the 19th century. This article contains a brief history of Turkish painters and art movements from the mid ...
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1815 births
1891 deaths
Turkish painters
Landscape painters
Turkish still life painters
Istanbul Technical University alumni
19th-century painters from the Ottoman Empire