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Osman Hamdi Bey, The Artists
Portrait of Osman Hamdi Bey

Osman Hamdi Bey was a Turkish artist born on October 30, 1842. Hamdi Bey contributed to the Academic movement, worked in France and died on February 24, 1910.

Scholar, Osman Hamdi Bey

Scholar 1878

Young Woman Reading, Osman Hamdi Bey

Young Woman Reading 1880

A Lady of Constantinople, Osman Hamdi Bey

A Lady of Constantinople 1881

The Tortoise Trainer, Osman Hamdi Bey

The Tortoise Trainer 1906

Reciting the Quran (Kur’an Tilaveti), Osman Hamdi Bey

Reciting the Quran (Kur’an Tilaveti) 1910

Scribe (Arzuhalci), Osman Hamdi Bey

Scribe (Arzuhalci) 1910

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The ArtistsPortrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Creating beauty by the rules

1825 – 1905
Alexandre Cabanel, The ArtistsPortrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Creativity vs the Académie

1823 – 1889
Albert Joseph Pénot, The Artists

Albert Joseph Pénot

Have you seen this bat-woman before?

1862 – 1930
18012000

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Berthe Morisot

Osman Hamdi Bey

Vasily Vereshchagin

Emma Sandys

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