Necdet Kalay
Barges on the Golden Horn
1960
- Medium
- Oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 25 × 35 cm
- Viewing
- At the showroom — by appointment
On a misty morning on the Golden Horn in tones of cream and grey, barges at anchor and the silhouettes of sailing vessels are given at the right in dark, thickly loaded brushstrokes. At the left, shore buildings and the silhouette of a mosque emerge as a hazy mark; the surface of the water passes into pale tones close to white. The artist's signature appears at the lower left.
About the Artist
Necdet Kalay (1932, Istanbul – 1986) began his training in painting alongside the sculptor Faruk Morel and the painter Şeref Akdik, and between 1954 and 1957 worked as a visiting student at the İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts. His artistic life began in 1958, when one of his paintings was accepted for the exhibition of the Fine Arts Society in Ankara; he opened his first solo exhibition in Istanbul in 1960. Views of the Golden Horn and the harbour, barges, Anatolian landscapes and village houses became his recurring subjects.
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