Şükriye Dikmen - "Portrait"
A DESIGNER PAINTER SUKRİYE DIKMEN...
Within Turkish painting, Şükriye Dikmen appears to have achieved originality and uniqueness through her entirely distinctive vision and sensibility, her use of line, color, working style, and in a way, her choice of subjects and the motifs she loves and does not hesitate to repeat in various forms. When we examine her paintings one by one, we may arrive at the following conclusions: in the language of art, the element we call “contour,” which refers to the lines that define the boundaries of forms, plays a primary role in Dikmen’s work. A graceful, elegant, elastic line — often smooth, without abrupt edges, favoring curves, arcs, and especially verticals — characterizes her style. This element appears most clearly in tree trunks, flowers and leaves, and particularly in faces, especially the faces of young women. For this reason, we may call Şükriye Dikmen a painter of drawing — a true master of line.
Nurullah Berk, “Şükriye Dikmen” Ezgi Ajans, 1986
Oil on plywood
51 x 33 cm
1973, signed
This work is included in the book titled "Şükriye Dikmen" prepared by Nurullah Berk and Sezer Tansuğ in 1986.
Provenance: Former Selma Berk Collection
Estimate: 200.000 TL - 300.000 TL
Starting Bid: 140,000 TL
