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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

Cristóbal Rojas Poleo, The ArtistsPortrait of Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

A childhood introduction to death leads to success, at a price

1857 – 1890
Marie Bashkirtseff, The ArtistsPortrait of Marie Bashkirtseff

Marie Bashkirtseff

"To live so filled with ambition, and at the end, oblivion!"

1858 – 1884
John William Godward, The ArtistsPortrait of John William Godward

John William Godward

"The world is not big enough for myself and Picasso"

1861 – 1922
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Berthe Morisot

Osman Hamdi Bey

Vasily Vereshchagin

Emma Sandys

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