The first Turkish woman painter of cultural communication in modernization and contemporary art: Mihri Musfik

Effortsto modernize effectingthecontemporary art mass, whilefollowing a hierarchicalorder, Mihri Müşfik, one of the first female painter stogrowup duringthe Second Constitutional Monarchy, changed her mentalityandshaped her works of art in a western way. Whileadvancing on thepath of modernizationandmodernization, theoriginalworks of Müşfik, theinnovativeandaestheticallypowerful artist of the art of painting, accelerat edtheadaptationprocess of realist ideastothe West in culturalcommunication. Inthelastcentury of the OttomanEmpirewith his works; With her courage, grace, strikingpersonalityandpersonalitythatfascinatesthesociety, Müşfik pioneeredthetraining of Turkishwomenpainterswith her intellectualidentity, includingthem in theeducationsystem, andtransformingideasandfeelingsinto art on thewaytomodernization. Theartistswhowentto Europe tostudypaintingunderthe name of the 1914 (Çallı) generationfoundedthe Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi in Turkey. Sanayi-i Nefise studentsoftenusethe Impressionist style. Theyarealsoreferredto as the "Impressionist generation". Mihri Müşfik is thefounder of "İnas Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi", thefirstgirls' art school of thisperiod. Mihri Müşfik generallypursued her studieswith an academicpoint of view. Reflecting her artisticperspectiveandfemininesensibility in her works, Müşfik has gained a uniqueplace in Turkishpainting. She, in her ownwords, has triedto "unravelthemystery of art" throughout her devoted life. Strugglingwithallthedifficultiessheleftimmortalworksbehind. Inthisstudy, Mihri Müşfik'scontributionstothe art of painting in the 19th centuryandthe "1914 generation" painterswill be discussedandthecolor, light, landscape, anatomy, spaceandfigureharmoniestheyaddedtotheirworkwill be evaluated