bohemian life, the exhibition subsumes Muallâ’s paintings under a variety of themes. Curated by Hasim Nur Gürel, Levent Çalikoglu and Ali Akay, the exhibition includes not only his drawings and paintings in gouache, watercolor and oil but also a photobiography consisting of photos of the artist taken by Ara Guler. The exhibition, which is being sponsored by Eti, also includes an audio guide aimed at introducing the artist and his art to young people, a documentary film and an ABC book for children.

FROM ISTANBUL TO PARIS
One of modern Turkish painting’s most interesting and important artists, Fikret Muallâ was born in Istanbul in 1903. His father was Mehmet Ekrem Bey, second director of the Public Debt Commission, which was set up for paying off Ottoman debts to Europe; his mother Emine Nevber Hanim. The years 1910-1915 at Kalamis-Moda, a fashionable quarter on the city’s Asian Marmara shore, were a period of ‘childhood bliss’, until a soccer injury at age 12 left him with a slight limp for the rest of his life.