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Mengü Ertel
Mengü Ertel (1931 – March 15, 2000) was a Turkish graphic artist, Ertel who graduated from the Istanbul Fine Arts Academy, became known for the decorations and posters he made for the theaters. The poster of the 1st Istanbul Festival was prepared by him. Ertel received the title of State Artist in 1998. He was also the presenter of the weekly TV show Cumhuriyete Kanat Gerenler until his death. Biography Mengü Ertel had to make a living when he lost his father at the age of 12. His love for theater allowed him to meet Muhsin Ertuğrul in Küçük Theatre. In 1950, when Ertel started working with the decorator Kurt Halleger. He started his poster work in the 1960s, by making posters for private theaters of that period, he opened the first theater posters exhibition in 1969. He carried this exhibition to Berlin, Warsaw and Brussels. His works have been published in international graphic magazines, periodicals and annuals. His posters are in the collection of the Museum of Warsaw, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Artist
A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming linguistic messages into graphic manifestations, whether tangible or intangible. They are responsible for planning, designing, projecting, and conveying messages or ideas through visual communication. Graphic design is one of the most in-demand professions with significant job opportunities, as it allows leveraging technological advancements and working online from anywhere in the world. Education Referring back to the history of graphic design development, it is evident that the design field was always a skill demanding profession due to variability of printing responsibilities. Unlike pre digital era, where design craft was rather an exclusive practice, the current situation in the field is more accessible and welcoming for everyone. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murat Ertel
Osman Murat Ertel (born 30 March 1964) is a Turkish musician. He is the son of Mengü Ertel and Ülfet Ertel. He is one of the founders of the Zen and Baba Zula groups. While he was making improvised music with Zen, he also focused on his Turkish roots in Baba Zula and composed film and theater music with this group. He also produces music. Biography Early life Murat Ertel was born in Istanbul on 30 March 1964 as the only child of Ülfet and Mengü Ertel. His father was an internationally known graphic designer and his uncles, Turhan Selçuk and İlhan Selçuk, were internationally known cartoonist and writer, respectively. Ertel first started playing the xylophone while still crawling as a toddler and continued with his grandmother's harmonica. He also started making music by turning his grandmother Hikmet Selçuk's record player and radio on and off while they was playing and changing the speed of the record player. To accompany his music with dance, Ertel founded his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hürriyet
''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet'' has regional offices in Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Antalya and Trabzon, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters in Turkey and abroad, all affiliated with Doğan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that were previously under the management of Doğan Media Group (Doğan Yayın Holding). ''Hürriyet'' is printed in six cities in Turkey and in Frankfurt, Germany. , according to Alexa Internet, Alexa, its website was the tenth most visited in Turkey, the second most visited of a newspaper and the fourth most visited news website. On 21 March 2018, Doğan Yayın Holding, the parent company of ''Hürriyet'', was so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Artist
A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming linguistic messages into graphic manifestations, whether tangible or intangible. They are responsible for planning, designing, projecting, and conveying messages or ideas through visual communication. Graphic design is one of the most in-demand professions with significant job opportunities, as it allows leveraging technological advancements and working online from anywhere in the world. Education Referring back to the history of graphic design development, it is evident that the design field was always a skill demanding profession due to variability of printing responsibilities. Unlike pre digital era, where design craft was rather an exclusive practice, the current situation in the field is more accessible and welcoming for everyone. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul Fine Arts Academy
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (, or MSGSÜ) is a public art university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university's campus is located in the Fındıklı, Beyoğlu. The university was established in 1882 under the leadership of Osman Hamdi Bey. History On January 1, 1882, the Ottoman Turkish painter, art historian, archaeologist, and museum curator Osman Hamdi Bey established the Imperial College of Fine Arts ( Turkish'': Sanayi-i Nefise Mekteb-i Âlisi'', formally ''Mekteb-i Sanayi-i Nefise-i Şâhâne'' or ''Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi''), modeled after the Beaux-Arts de Paris. When it opened on March 2, 1883 with eight instructors and 20 students, the college was the Ottoman Empire's first educational institution for fine arts and architecture. In 1914, the school became co-educational. In 1928, it was converted from a school to an academy, the first in Turkey, and its name was changed to the State Academy of the Fine Arts ( Turkish: ''Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi''). In 1969, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhsin Ertuğrul
Muhsin Ertuğrul (28 February 1892 – 29 April 1979), also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director. Life His mother, Fatma Dilruh Verdrich is of German descent. His father is Hüseyin Hüsnü Paşa. Muhsin Ertuğrul, who had important contributions to Turkish cinema and Turkish theatre's western style instead of traditional theater. He was born in Istanbul on 28 February 1892. His first performance in theatre was in 1909 with the role of "Bob" in ''Sherlock Holmes'' by Arthur Conan Doyle. He ran the Darülbedayi Theatre in Istanbul from its opening in 1914.In 1932, He directed in first Turkish sound film " Bir Millet Uyanıyor" alongside Atıf Kaftan, Naşit Özcan. He married in 1929 Neyyire Neyir (née Münire Eyüp), one of the first ever Turkish actresses, who debuted in the 1923 movie '' Ateşten Gömlek'', directed by himself. The marriage lasted until Neyyire's death in 1943. Ertuğrul then married Handan Uran (born 1927) in 1950. A stage a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Küçük Theatre
Küçük Theatre is a theatre stage located in Altındağ District of Ankara. Although it is the oldest theatre in the city, it was renamed as Küçük (Little) Theatre after the counstruction of Büyük Theatre (Grand Theatre). Together with Oda Theatre and General Directorate of Turkish State Theatres, it is located inside of II. Evkaf Apartmanı. Today, it is actively used in performances staged by the Ankara State Theatre. History Today's Küçük Theatre was originally planned as a private theatre hall of II. Evkaf Apartmanı which was built by the architect Ahmed Kemaleddin. Despite its completion during the early 1930s, there were not any theater company in Ankara at that time. Thus, this stage remained unused for a long time. In 1940, when the Musiki Muallim Mektebi (Music Teachers' School) was converted into the Ankara State Conservatory and a theatre class was opened, the stage was rented by the Ministry of National Education and converted into a warehouse for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Warsaw
Museum of Warsaw () (in 1948–2014 ''Historical Museum of Warsaw'', ) is a museum in the Old Town Market Place in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1936. History of the museum The facility was established in 1936 as the Museum of Old Warsaw. It was then housed in three buildings purchased by the municipality in the market square. The museum, along with the collection, was destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising during World War II. After the war, the museum was reopened under its current name and buildings for it were rebuilt in the years 1948–1954 in the context of the unprecedented reconstruction of historic Warsaw. In 2010-2012 the eleven houses of the museum were renovated with the help of Norwegian funding. In April 2014 museum changed its name to ''Museum of Warsaw''. Activity The various collections in the fields of archeology, painting, graphics, iconography, sculpture, decorative arts, numismatics and architectural drawings, now exceed 250 000 objects. Until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich Stadtmuseum
The Munich Stadtmuseum (German: "Münchner Stadtmuseum") or Munich City Museum, is the city museum of Munich. It was founded in 1888 by Ernst von Destouches. It is located in the former municipal arsenal and stables, both buildings of the late Gothic period. Permanent exhibitions *Culture history of Munich from the establishment of the city to the present. The exhibition includes among many other artworks the famous gothic Morris dancers, created by Erasmus Grasser for the festival hall of the Old Town Hall, and the original puttos of the Mary's Column. *National Socialism in Munich This exhibitions explains the history of the former "Hauptstadt der Bewegung" (Capital of the aziMovement). *Music collection: More than 2.000 musical instruments from Africa, America, Asia and Europe belong to this grand collection. *Puppet theatre collection: This collection displays the cultural history of the puppet theatre. *Photography collection: The ''Fotomuseum'' was founded in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. * January 30 – Charlie Chaplin comedy drama film ''City Lights'' receives its public premiere at the Los Angeles Theater with Albert Einstein as guest of honor. Contrary to the current trend in cinema, it is a silent film, but with a score by Chaplin. Critically and commercially successful from the start, it will place consistently in lists of films considered the best of all time. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
