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Osman Hamdi was Gerome’s student in Paris between 1860-1869, during the last period of Orientalism - the reflection in the arts of the exploitation of Eastern countries by the industrialised Western countries. After returning back to his home country, Osman Hamdi Bey realised pictures that have the conflicting pairs East and West, Belief and Love, Life and Death. Another determining factor of his life and his art is his being one of the main protagonists of the newly formed science of "archaeology" in Middle-East. He was the founder and the director of Istanbul Archaeological Museum for 30 years and organised many important excavations. His efforts to protect artworks thousand of years old must made have him sensitive to the meaning and ephemeralness of life .

Original painting : Mihrap

Aysel Kutlu 6-A

Sedef Turan 7-A

Betül Gürsoy 7-A

Original painting :Weapon seller

Fatma Çetin 7-A

Mehmet Eskibanbur 5-A

Original painting : Turtle Trainer

Tayfun Karakuş 6-A

Fatma Çetin 7-A

Aysel Kutlu 6-A