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Halil Pasha (c.1857,
@ Turkish Paintings. Upon graduating, students were normally commissioned to become teachers at military schools, but he insisted on being allowed to continue his studies in Paris. In 1880, his father finally agreed, and he spent eight years working in the studios of
with biographical notes @ Lebriz.com Later, he was a long-term guest at the Khedive's largely unused mansion in Istanbul and had a studio there.
File:Halil Paşa - Çengelköy Vapur İskelesi , Cengelköy Ferry Quay - Google Art Project.jpg, ''
"Halil Paşa"
by Taha Toros, from ''Antik Dekor Dergisi'' @ Antikalar. An appreciation of his life, especially his time in Paris, with numerous paintings and photographs.
ArtNet: More paintings by Halil Pasha
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halil Pasha 1857 births 1939 deaths Artists from Istanbul Impressionism 19th-century painters from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Turkish painters
Halil Pasha (c.1857, Istanbul
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- August, 1939, Istanbul), was a Turkish painter and art teacher. He was one of Turkey's first Impressionists.
Biography
His family was originally fromRhodes
Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...
and his father, Selim, was one of the founders of the Turkish Military Academy
The Turkish Military Academy ( tr, Kara Harp Okulu) is a four-year co-educational military academy and part of the National Defence University. It is located in the center of Ankara, Turkey. Its mission is to develop cadets mentally and ph ...
.
Like many early Western-style Turkish artists, he received his training in technical drawing and painting at the "Mühendishane-i Berrî-i Hümâyûn" (Military School of Engineering), now known as the Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...
.Brief biography@ Turkish Paintings. Upon graduating, students were normally commissioned to become teachers at military schools, but he insisted on being allowed to continue his studies in Paris. In 1880, his father finally agreed, and he spent eight years working in the studios of
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The ra ...
. He had his first showing at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 and won a medal. As it turned out, when he went back to Turkey, he still became a teacher at a military school.
In 1906, he was granted the title "Pasha
Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitar ...
". Two years later, however, at the beginning of the Second Constitutional Era
The Second Constitutional Era ( ota, ایكنجی مشروطیت دورى; tr, İkinci Meşrutiyet Devri) was the period of restored parliamentary rule in the Ottoman Empire between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the 1920 dissolution of the ...
, he chose to retire with the rank of Colonel and become a private art teacher. Later, he taught at the "Sanayi-i Nefise Mekteb-i Alisi" (School of Fine Arts and Crafts), now the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University ( tr, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, or MSGSÜ) is a Turkish public university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul ...
and served as its Director from 1917 to 1918. His students included Müfide Kadri, who became Turkey's first female art teacher.
During the Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...
, he went to Egypt at the invitation of Abbās Ḥilmī Pasha, the former (and last) Khedive."Halil Paşa’nın En Pahalı 20 Resmi"with biographical notes @ Lebriz.com Later, he was a long-term guest at the Khedive's largely unused mansion in Istanbul and had a studio there.
Selected paintings
Çengelköy
Çengelköy is a neighborhood in the Üsküdar district on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey, between the neighborhoods of Beylerbeyi and Kuleli. It is mainly a residential district. Many mansions were built there in t ...
Ferry Quay on the Bosphorus'' (1890)
File:Halil Paşa Woman with Peonies 1898.jpg, ''Woman with Peonies'' (1898)
File:Madam X (painting).jpg, '' Madam X'' (1899)
File:Halil Paşa Lady in Pink 1904.jpg, ''Lady in Pink'' (1904)
File:Halil Paşa - Ressam Kız ve Atölyesi , Girl Painter and Her Studio - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Girl Painter and her Studio'' (1939)
References
Further reading
"Halil Paşa"
by Taha Toros, from ''Antik Dekor Dergisi'' @ Antikalar. An appreciation of his life, especially his time in Paris, with numerous paintings and photographs.
External links
ArtNet: More paintings by Halil Pasha
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halil Pasha 1857 births 1939 deaths Artists from Istanbul Impressionism 19th-century painters from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Turkish painters