Celile Hanım
"I am Celile the painter, Nazım Hikmet's mother."
Date of Birth: 1880
Place of Birth: Salonika
Date of Death: 1956
Place of Death: Ankara
Burial Site:
Topics
Gallery
Etkinlik Alanı
Resim
Celile Hanım was a very productive painter and as she painted she gave most of her works to her friends. Her paintings of Turkish baths, in particular, were very much sought after. She would give them away under one condition: that they would be hung in the livingroom, not in the bedroom.
Murat Germen, "Celile Hanım", in: Kaya Özsezgin, Celile Hanım, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2001, p. 102.
Exhibitions
(A selection)- 1916 First Galatasaray Exhibition
- 1940 Adana Cultural Center (Halkevi) exhibition
- 1956 Ankara Exhibition
- 1988 Bakırköy Cultural Center (solo exhibition)
Awards
(No information available)
Memberships
Osmanlı Ressamlar Cemiyeti member
Education
(No information available)
Contributions to Society
(No information available)
Akraba ve Dostları
- Mother: Leyla Hanım
- Father: Enver Paşa (linguist, teacher, adjutant to Sultan Abdulhamit II., reigned 1876-1909)
- Grandfather:Mehmet Ali Paşa
- Marriage:Hikmet Bey (first marriage, poet, governor), İbrahim Bey (second marriage)
- Daughter: Samiye
- Son: Nazım Hikmet (poet)
- Nephew:Oktay Rıfat (poet, novelist, playwright)
- Granddaughter:Ayşe Yaltırım (painter)
- Great grandson:Murat Germen (artist, academician)
- Friends: Fausto Zonaro (painter), Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (poet)
Commemorative Projects
Publication
Murat Germen, Celile Hanım, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2001
Further Reading
- Deniz Kartal, "Celile", dunyalilar.org, ohne Datum, http://dunyalilar.org/celile.html and http://dunyalilar.org/celile-2.html (17.7.2015).
- Selim İleri, "Hayal ve Hakikat Çerçevesinde", Zaman Gazetesi, 22 Ekim 2011, http://www.zaman.com.tr/yazar.do?yazino=1193230 (8.1.2012).
- Esen Karadağ, Cumhuriyet Dönemi kadın sanatçıların resim öğretimindeki rolü, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, 2008 http://www.belgeler.com/blg/1g5j/cumhuriyet-donemi-kadin-sanatcilarin-resim-ogretimindeki-rolu-the-role-of-women-artists-in-teaching-art-in-republic-period (8.1.2012).
- Eczacıbaşı Sanat Ansiklopedisi -Resim, Heykel, Mimarlık, Tasarım, Arkeoloji, Fotoğraf, 1. Cilt A-F, İstanbul, 2008.
- Ayşegül Demirbulak, Çağdaş Türk Resminde Otoportreler, Doktora Tezi, Marmara Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, Türk Sanatı Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, 2007, http://www.belgeler.com/blg/15jh/cagdas-turk-resminde-otoportreler-self-portraits-in-contemporary-turkish-art
- Buket Aşçı, "Usta ve annesi tuvalden bakıyor", Sabah online, 3.2.2001, http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2001/02/06/b03.html (Erişim 8.1.2012).
- Mürteza Akkaya, "Nazım ile annesi aynı sergide", Hürriyet, 1.2.2001, http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-221948
- "Celile Hanım ve Nazım Hikmet portreler sergisi açıldı", 31.1.2001, NTV Kültür-Sanat, http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/60436.asp (Erişim 8.1.2012).
- Kaya Özsezgin, Celile Hanım (Sergi kataloğu, Türkçe/İngilizce), çeviri: Robert Bragner, Alan Duben, YKY, İstanbul, 2001
- İlk Kadın Ressamlarımızdan Nazım Hikmet'in Annesi Celile Hikmet Hanım ve Kırık Bir Aşk Hikayesi, lebriz.com, http://lebriz.com/pages/lsd.aspx?articleID=380§ionID=2&lang=TR&bhcp=1 (8.1.2012).
- Hayatın ve ışığın ressamı Fausto Zonaro (sergi kataloğu tanıtımı), ykykultur.com, http://www.ykykultur.com.tr/sergi/sermet-cifter-salonu-hayatin-ve-isigin-ressami-fausto-zonaro (8.1.2012).
Sources
Quoted Sources
- See the "Further Reading" section
Source for Visual Images
- Murat Germen's private archives
Acknowledgments
The Istanbul Women's Museum is grateful to Burcu Pelvanoğlu and to Murat Germen for their support in producing the Celile Hanım's memorial page.
Translation into English: Emre Aslay, Chicago, Illinois, USA Editing: Lyndall von Dewitz, Oberasbach, Germany ©2012 Meral Akkent