Turkish Carpets Described in the Paintings of Mehmet 55 Ruhi Arel from the Military Painters

Abstract

In Turkish handicrafts, weaving has a special importance. It is known that there are weavings as a cultural element brought by Turks from Central Asia to Anatolia. Turkish weaving, which is an important product of culture and textiles, was sometimes depicted in paintings by the Renaissance and orientalist painters. The depiction of Turkish carpets in the paintings by the Renaissance and subsequently orientalist artists has become a tradition, and continued by the local and foreign painters of the Republican era and today. Mehmet Ruhi Arel, who was born in Istanbul Galata in 1880, started his interest in painting when he was studying at the Naval School. Arel, who later studied painting in Paris, is one of the important painters of the period. The article will be focused on five paintings by Mehmet Ruhi Arel and the Turkish weavings depicted in these works.