An Ottoman Intellectual: Osman Hamdi Bey
Guided Exhibition Tour

Guided Tour

February 20, 2025 / 17:30

Pera Museum offers an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Osman Hamdi Bey as a painter and intellectual of the Tanzimat era in the free guided exhibition tour, organized as part of the exhibition titled Osman Hamdi Bey: The life and art of Osman Hamdi Bey through his works in the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection.

Five works of the artist from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Orientalist Painting Collection illustrating various subject matters will be explained along with some biographical details and the cultural and historical context of the times. The significance and role of these works within the collection will also be highlighted.

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Temporary Exhibition

Osman Hamdi Bey

An Ottoman intellectual raised by the Tanzimat Era… An exceptional personality, who made substantial, diversified and lifelong contributions to various fields of culture and arts such as painting, archaeology, museology, and art education...

Osman Hamdi Bey

Istanbul’s Historical Peninsula in 18th and 19th Century Paintings

Istanbul’s Historical Peninsula in 18th and 19th Century Paintings

With the Topkapı Palace, the center of political authority until the 19th century, and many other examples of classical Ottoman and Byzantine architecture included in its premise the Historical Peninsula is the heart of the Empire. 

A Photographer’s Biography Guillaume Berggren

A Photographer’s Biography Guillaume Berggren

Berggren acquires the techniques of photography in Berlin and holds different jobs in various European cities before arriving in İstanbul. Initially en route to Marseille, he disembarks from his ship in 1866 and settles in İstanbul, where he is to spend the rest of his life.

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.