National Palaces Painting Museum (

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, opened at the Crown Prince Residence of Dolmabahçe Palace in 2014. The museum exhibits approximately 200 pieces from the palace's collection of paintings by both Turkish and international artists of the 19th century. The museum is funded by the

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History

The historical building used to house the ''Istanbul Art and Sculpture Museum'' which was founded within the order of Turkey's first president

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

in 1937 and served as part of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. After the renovation between 2010 and 2014, it was transformed into a new museum to house pieces of 19th and early-20th century art, which were mainly gathered from the palaces of Ottoman dynasty.

Collection

The museum has more than 200 paintings displayed in 11 sections. Some of the displayed collections are listed below.

Paintings by Turkish Artists (1870-1930)

This collection consists of works by Ottoman/Turkish artists such as Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Osman Hamdi Bey,

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and Hodja Ali Rıza; which make up the second, third and fourth generation of the Turkish painting in Western sense.

Paintings by Court Painters

Works by artists such as Stanislaw Chlebowski and Fausto Zonaro, which respectively served to

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and

Abdülhamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

as their court painters. File:Zonaro_GatesofConst.jpg, ''

Mehmed II Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...

Entering Constantinople''. Painting by Fausto Zonaro. File:Kusatma_Zonaro.jpg, ''Mehmed II at the Siege of Constantinople''. Painting by Fausto Zonaro. File:The_Ertugrul_Cavalry_Regiment_crossing_the_Galata_Bridge.jpg, ''The Imperial Regiment of the Ertugrul on the Galata Bridge''. Painting by Fausto Zonaro.

Paintings Bought from Goupil Gallery for the Palace

Two sections consist of paintings that were bought from the Goupil Gallery in

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during the reign of

. The paintings that were bought in this era reflect the taste of Sultan Abdulaziz and his assistant Şeker Ahmed Pasha. A Western style collection of paintings was brought together for the first time at the Dolmabahçe Palace during the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz.

Paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (russian: link=no, Иван Константинович Айвазовский; 29 July 18172 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized a ...

Paintings by Abdülmecid II

The hall that exhibits this collection originally used to be the library of Abdülmecid II himself, who was born to become the last crown prince and

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of the Ottoman dynasty. Interested in almost all branches of art, but particularly calligraphy and music, he remained a celebrated artist of Turkish painting.

Orientalist Paintings

The museum has a rich collection of works by 19th century Orientalist painters.