Discover Dogancay Museum!

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Aug 30 715 read

Discover Dogancay Museum!

The DoganÃ§ay Museum opened its doors to the public in 2004. It is Turkey's first contemporary art museum. Burhan DoganÃ§ay, one of Turkey's greatest painters, has a museum dedicated to him in Istanbul's busy Beyolu neighborhood. As DoganÃ§ay's art evolved over five decades, this mini-retrospective covers five decades, from his early figurative paintings to his wall-inspired pieces and photos. Adil DoganÃ§ay's art may be shown in one of the museum's rooms.Â

Dogancay Museum

Since 2005, the DoganÃ§ay Museum has produced and presented a juried elementary school art competition in collaboration with the Greater Istanbul Municipality and business sponsors. Around 7,000 children aged eight to fourteen from 1,500 schools apply each year for this event. Four-day Parisian vacations and a one-week trip to London have been awarded as first prizes since 2006. In order to encourage education via art, the DoganÃ§ay Museum is dedicated to maintaining this yearly competition.Â

Born in Istanbul in 1900, Adil DoganÃ§ay is a well-known Turkish author. This well-known painter was also an officer in the Turkish Army. His oil on canvas landscapes and still lifes are dominated by impressionist land and seascapes. Almost none of his paintings have a date on them. The majority of his works on exhibit at the museum were created between 1940 and 1990, the year he passed away. After serving in the army as a topographer in Anatolia, Adil got to spend a great deal of time in nature. It's little wonder he referred to nature as his "greatest teacher."Â

Father and renowned painter Arif Kaptan gave Burhan DoganÃ§ay his first artistic instruction. As a student in the early 1950s, DoganÃ§ay studied painting at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere while also studying law and economics at the University of Paris. Meanwhile, he kept painting and showing his work in numerous group exhibits, including one with his father at the Ankara Art Lovers Club. It was during his short stint in the diplomatic service in 1962 that DoganÃ§ay decided to dedicate himself completely to painting and make New York his permanent home. In 1964, he moved to New York permanently. In recent years, he has been spending his time between New York, Istanbul, and Turgutreis, in the south of Turkey.Â

Burhan Cahit Dogancay

Turkish artist Burhan DoganÃ§ay is one of the country's most well-known figures. A significant part of his inspiration came from graffiti and urban walls. There is also a chamber dedicated to his father's work in the building, which is 150 years old and located in the busy Beyolu neighborhood.Â

It's hard to overstate how significant Burhan Cahit Dogancay was in our time. Photos constitute a complete collection for his paintings, which are meant to record this time period. Numerous sculptures, photos, graphics, sketches, paintings, and Aubusson tapestries are among his many creations. Collage was his preferred method of expression. He frequently incorporates his trips to more than 100 countries into his art, which is often influenced by them. It was in 2004 that he established Turkey's first museum of modern art. Because of this, in the year 1999, he purchased a 150-year-old building in Beyolu. On display are paintings by DoganÃ§ay's father Adil DoanÃ§ay, who was also a well-known painter who taught his son in art from a young age. There is a separate room with some of these early pieces.Â

In the museum's training workshop, children may discover their abilities and improve their skills. There is no end to the power of the imagination.Â

Istiklal Street's Pera Museum is one of Istanbul's most famous museums, and Dogancay is next to it.