Osman Hamdi Bey | |
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 Osman Hamdi in 1909 | |
| Born | Osman Hamdi 30 December 1842 Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 24 February 1910 (aged 67) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Known for | Painter, archaeologist, museographer and writer |
| Notable work | The Tortoise Trainer |
Osman Hamdi Bey (30 December 1842 – 24 February 1910[1]) was an Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and also a prominent and pioneering painter. He was the Ottoman Empire's first modern archaeologist, and is regarded as the founding father of both archaeology and the museum curator's professions in Turkey.[2] He was the founder of Istanbul Archaeology Museums and of the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts (Turkish: Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi) known today as the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He was also the first mayor of Kadıköy.
- ^ Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (14 May 2009). Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780195309911.
- ^ Üre, P. (2020). Reclaiming Byzantium: Russia, Turkey and the Archaeological Claim to the Middle East in the 19th Century. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-78831-746-7. Retrieved 22 August 2023.