Art, literature & historyOsman Hamdi Bey
1842–1910
Selected artwork
The Musician Girl
1880
Other names (8)
Hamdi Bey, Hamdy Bey, O. Hamdy Bey, Osman Bey Hamdi, Osman-Edhem-Pacha-Zadeh Hamdy-Bey, Osman Hamdi, Osman Hamdi Edhem, Osmân Hamdy Bey
Biography
Osman Hamdi Bey (30 December 1842 – 24 February 1910) was an Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and also a prominent and pioneering painter. He was the Ottoman Empire's first archaeologist and first museologist and he is regarded as the founding father of museology, archaeology, fine arts education and museum curator's professions in Turkey.
He was also 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.
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- Louis-Candide Boulangereditorial inference
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- Jean-Léon Gérômeeditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Osman Hamdi Bey. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Belvedere1 recorded work
- Pera Museum1 recorded work