Art, Painting & Calligraphy

Explore paintings and artists from the archive.

Scripts, inscriptions and writing implements from the archive.

The development of Ottoman calligraphy and the masters who shaped its traditions.

"The Qur'an was revealed in Mecca, read in Egypt and written in Istanbul" ABDULFETTAH (1814 - 1896) Abdullfettah was born on the island of Chios in 1230 H. He was brought to Istanbul at a very early…

"The Qur'an was revealed in Mecca, read in Egypt and written in Istanbul" MUSTAFA IZZET: "Vesarizade" (d. 1849) Mustafa Izzet was the son of the great master of calligraphy Esad Yesari. His date of…

ABDULMECİD (1868-1944) Abdülmecid was the son of Sultan Abdülaziz. He displayed a talent for painting at a very early age and was given lessons by various private teachers. He emerged, as şehzade…

DAĞ, ŞEVKET (1876-1944) if !vml? endif? if !vml? endif? Şevket Dağ was born in Istanbul. On graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1897 at the age of twenty-three, he was appointed teacher of…

HASAN RIZA (1864-1914) Hasan Riza, like his teacher Hoca Ali Riza, was born in Üsküdar in Istanbul. He began drawing pictures at a very early age, and the walls of the house were covered with…