‘Greek Painters of Istanbul’ to continue at Topkapı Palace

Greek Painters of Istanbul at the Topkapı Palace exhibition has been extended until July 4.

The groundbreaking “Greek Painters of Istanbul at the Topkapı Palace” exhibition, which brings together 100 paintings and icons from Istanbul, has been extended until July 4.

Visitors to the Topkapı Palace Museum will have the chance to see approximately 100 carefully selected portraits, landscapes and still-lifes, as well as a special hall dedicated to icons by various hagiographers, all dating back as far as the early 17th century.

The paintings and icons, some of which were restored especially for the exhibition, come from various collections, including the Topkapı Palace Museum, the Halki Theological School, various Greek Orthodox communities, churches and private collections.

Artists Armenopoulos, Andreades, Olga Andoniades, Thalia Flora-Karavia, İgum (Igoumenides), Economides, Xanthopoulos, Michelidakes, Platonides, Savvides, Scarlatos, Sofroniades, Stavrakes and Vakalopoulos. A series of portraits of sultans commissioned by Sultan Selim III and a monumental composition of the Crucifixion of Christ by court painter Konstantinos Kyzikinos (Kapıdağlı Kostantin) are all on display at the exhibition.

The works of art were rediscovered thanks to the support of the director of the Topkapı Palace Museum, Yusuf Benli, as well as the efforts of Greek Consul General Vasileios Bornovas and curator Mayda Sarris.

The exhibition was organized by the Directorate of the Topkapı Palace Museum and the Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul under the auspices of the Culture Minister Ertuğrul Günay and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew.

via ‘Greek Painters of Istanbul’ to continue at Topkapı Palace – Hurriyet Daily News.