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Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910, Constantinople) was a statesman, painter, and art expert who put forth legislation aimed at regulating finds made by various archaeological enterprises in the Ottoman Empire and preventing the antiquities from being smuggled abroad. |
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More than 100 years after his death, the legacy Osman Hamdi Bey left behind live in the works of academics, institutions, and museums. He continues to make headlines, draw attention, be heard, and become the topic of heated debates.
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Hamdi Bey founded the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul and became director in 1881. His taste and energy did much to establish the reputation of the museum and its impressive collection of Greco-Roman antiquities. The Istanbul Archaeology Museums are a group of three archaeological museums located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace you can visit.
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He was one of the first Turkish painters as the first to use figurative composition in Turkish painting. Osman Hamdi Bey’s original work Tortoise Trainer is Turkey's second most exclusive and highest valuable sale.
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A special section dedicated to Osman Hamdi Bey at the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery of Pera Museum displays different aspects of his impassioned relationship with the art of painting through his works.
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