1. OSMAN HAMDI BEY 1842-1910

2. THE ERA The Statement Of Tanzimat (1839) The Statement Of Tanzimat (1839) The Second Constitutional Monarchy (1908) The Second Constitutional Monarchy (1908) Modernization Modernization and and Westernization Westernization

3. PAINTING Started to develop Soldier artists Sending artists to Europe The first civil artists OSMAN HAMDI BEY

4. 1842- he was born 1842- he was born 1860- started law education 1860- started law education 1860- went Paris 1860- went Paris 1869- turned back to Turkey 1869- turned back to Turkey Worked for government Worked for government 1881- became director of Imperial Museum 1881- became director of Imperial Museum 1883- founded The Academy of Fine Arts 1883- founded The Academy of Fine Arts 1891- founded Istanbul Archeology Museum 1891- founded Istanbul Archeology Museum 1910- died 1910- died

5. THE ORIENTALISM to perform topics about the East

6. The Tortoise Trainer -1906

8. The Tortoise Trainer Painted by Osman Hamdi Bey in two versions in 1906 and 1907.Painted by Osman Hamdi Bey in two versions in 1906 and 1907.

9. Content of the Painting  A bearded man with a belt on his red long dress, in an untidy room with tile arts, standing back to his spectators.  On his head, he has a colour cotton kirchief. Under his feet, there are tortoises who are eating the leaves on the floor.  The only source of light on the painting is the low window in front of the man.  He is holding a ney-the instrument- in his hands at the back. There is an arakiye-a kind of hat worn by dervish- and also a bounded plectron hanging. According to some critics, it is a thing used by the beggars made from coconut tree.

10. Comments and Inspiration . First, it is certain that the tortoise trainer is Osman Hamdi himself, and he pictured himself as a dervish (with his reed flute, tongs hanging from his neck and a Dervish's pot on his back) who symbolizes patience and being determined in an aim.  Second, the tortoises are the symbols of stubborn, resistant and slow people.  And third, the ney (sufi flute) is the symbol of art. In the picture the trainer is supervising three tortoises eating leaves with their heads bowed in front. The two other tortoises at the back are trying to approach to the leaves. It is also certain that this is a harsh satire, but the ideas vary in the aspect of “satire to whom”.

11. Other comments are shaped like that;  Many people interpret it as Osman Hamdi’s merciless, hopeless criticize towards his fellow colleagues at work. He accuses them by being slow and reluctant.  The other and equally sensible theory is being a reformist and revolutionist artist, Osman Hamdi criticizes the slow stubborn society and government. He wants them to change and he tries to show that he would do it, of course with art. Although the tortoises are the animals that are very difficult to be trained, and they have no ears to hear the music (just like the society’s being unaware of art) he has a belief and patience for it. We can see this hope of future as the light coming from the window.

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