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Devrim Erbil

Galata Tower, Blue

Medium
Giclée print on aluminium
Dimensions
100 × 150 cm
Viewing
At the showroom — by appointment

At the centre of a composition dominated by tones of blue and turquoise rises Galata Tower, with its conical cap and arcaded gallery. The rooftops and façades of Beyoğlu encircling the tower are worked layer upon layer in the artist's characteristic linear texture.

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About the Artist

Devrim Erbil (b. 1937, Uşak) is one of the pioneering figures of contemporary Turkish painting. He graduated from the Painting Department of the İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts in 1959, having trained under Halil Dikmen and Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, and went on to serve at the Academy for many years as both teacher and administrator. His urban panoramas, which interpret Istanbul through a rhythmic, linear abstraction, remain the most celebrated theme of his art. Named a State Artist in 1991, Erbil is represented in Turkey's foremost museum collections.

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