Şeref Akdik (1899 - 1972) Click for Artist Information

Şeref Akdik

Şeref Akdik (1899 - 1972)

He completed his primary and secondary education in Fatih. He studied with Warnia Zarzecki, Ömer Adil and İbrahim Çallı at Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), which he entered in 1915. While a student at the Academy; He started to participate in the Turkish Painters Exhibition in 1916, and then in the Galatasaray Exhibitions starting from 1921. After graduating in 1924, he taught at Gazi Osman Paşa High School for one year.

To go abroad, he took the European exams. Among those who passed the exam were Muhittin Sebati, Mahmut Cuda, Cevat Dereli, and Refik Epikman along with him. He went to Paris in 1925. He studied with Albert Laurens at the Julian Academy in 1926. He returned to Istanbul in 1928. He worked as an art teacher for a short time at Sivas High School and later at Ankara Teachers' School (Gazi Education School). While teaching at Ankara Boys' High School in 1929, he was among the founders of the Independent Painters and Sculptors Association in the same year. He was appointed as a teacher at Ankara Music Teachers' School in 1930.

The artist, who opened his first personal exhibition in Ankara Community Center in 1932, worked as an art teacher at Istanbul Male Teacher's School in 1933, at Kadıköy Male High School in 1933 and at Haydarpaşa High School in 1934. In 1940, he participated in the 3rd Country Trip as part of the Community Centers "Homeland Trip" program and went to Mersin. He was appointed to the Istanbul Teachers College in 1948 and to the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts in 1951. In 1956, he participated in the "Provincial Paintings" exhibition with his work "Kütahya Castle". In 1957, he opened a Retrospective exhibition at Istanbul Municipality Beyoğlu City Gallery.