Paintings of Sabancı’s collection on display

The Sabancı Museum in Emirgan is once more showcasing sublime works produced by Turkish masters over the past 100 years, including paintings by Osman Hamdi Bey and others that were awarded in Paris over a century ago. The paintings are from Sakıp Sabancı’s private collection Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) has once again opened its extensive painting collection as part of a new exhibition, “Turkish Painting from the Ottoman Reformation to the Republic.”

The collection, including the works of significant Turkish artists, such as Osman Hamdi Bey, Halil Paşa, Abdülmecid Efendi and İzzet Ziya, Fikret Muallâ, are being exhibited in a gallery designed exclusively for the exhibition.

The exhibition, which is being organized under the scientific consultancy of Dr. Semra Germaner and Professor Ahu Antmen and opened July 31, provides visitors a chance to comprehend the historical journey of Turkish painting.

Sakıp Sabancı’s private collection

The collection, created by additions to late businessman Sakıp Sabancı’s private collection over time, presents a wide spectrum of Turkish painting art from a collector’s standpoint on the modernization process from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic.

The paintings give a hint about the initial phase of the development process of the art of painting in Turkey. The exhibition also reveals the transition in the production of images and the alteration of the concepts of art and artist in Turkey.

Many remarkable works are on show at the exhibition, which contains nearly 100 paintings. Osman Hamdi Bey’s “Naile Hanım” portrait is among the...