Hoca Ali Rıza
Hoca Ali Rıza (1858 in
Biography
Hoca Ali Rıza's father was a cavalry major and an amateur
In 1881, he received an award from Sultan Abdülhamid II. Three years later, he graduated with the rank of Lieutenant and was appointed an assistant to Nuri Pasha.[4] He had been planning to continue his studies in Naples, but had to cancel his plans, due to a cholera epidemic.[2]
In 1891, he became part of a government commission examining Turkish-Islamic artefacts. Four years later, he was promoted to
During the
In 1914, he began teaching landscape painting at the School of Fine Arts (now the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University). After cutbacks by the Ministry of Education, he moved to the Çamlıca Girls' High School, where he taught for three years before moving to another girls' school in Üsküdar and then, in 1929, to a boys' school,[3] where he was teaching at the time of his death.
His last exhibition, organised by Celal Esat Arseven, a painter and member of Parliament, was in Paris in 1928. His work remained important during the early years of the Republic and, even after his death, his paintings were shown at state-sponsored exhibitions. In 1933, the Ankara Halkevi featured his work in its first exhibition, one of what would become sixteen solo exhibitions, which confirmed his reputation as a master of landscape painting.[5]
In 2022 a selection of his works were showcased at an exhibition in the old Galatasaray post office building on İstanbul's İstiklal Caddesi during the Beyoğlu Kültür Yolu (Cultural Road) festival.
References
- ^ Biography @ İslâm Ansiklopedisi
- ^ a b Biography and appreciation @ Lebriz.
- ^ a b Biography and appreciation @ Milliyet.
- ^ a b Biography and appreciation @ Turkish Cultural Foundation.
- ^ Dogan, Cigdem. 2009. Ankara Universitesi. Ankara Halkevi Sergileri. Yuksek Lisans Tezi.
Further reading
- Atila Taşpınar, Hoca Ali Rıza Bey, Boyut yayın grubu, 2012 ISBN 978-975-230-982-1
- Ömer Faruk Şerifoğlu, Hoca Ali Rıza, 1858-1930 (Volume 9 of "Türk Ressamları Dizisi"), Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2005 ISBN 975-08-0996-3
External links
- "Hoca Ali Rıza'nın Başyapıtları" (Masterpieces) @ Sanal Müze (Virtual Museum).
- "Fırçaya ve Kaleme Can Veren Ressam: Hoca Ali Rıza" (An Artist who can Use a Brush and Pen) by Süleyman Seba @ Antikalar
- Hoca Ali Rıza @ Turkish Paintings.
- Hoca Ali Rıza in İzmir, exhibition review by Sevinç Özarslan @ Zaman Kültür
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