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

Biography

He was born in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

in 1886. After graduating from

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...

, he was sent to Paris by Halim Paşa to study painting. He became a student of Jean-Paul and Paul Albert Laurens at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

. Later he continued his education at the

Académie des Beaux-Arts An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

Fernand Cormon Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845 – 20 March 1924) was a French painter born in Paris. He became a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-François Portaels, and one of the leading historical painters of modern France. Biograph ...

’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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External links

Turkish Paintings: Biography of Duran with gallery of paintings
1886 births 1970 deaths Galatasaray High School alumni 20th-century Turkish painters {{Turkey-painter-stub