The Tortoise Trainer (Turkish: Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi) is a painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, with a first version created in 1906 and a second in 1907. Hamdi's painting of an anachronistic historical character attempting to train tortoises is usually interpreted as a satire on the slow and ineffective attempts at reforming the Ottoman Empire .

The Tortoise Trainer (Turkish: Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi) is a painting by Osman Hamdi Bey which was crafted in 1906 and 1907 (two versions). In 2004 it was sold for $3.5M and is currently displayed at the Pera Museum in Istanbul.

2024年5月21日 · Turtle Tamer Painting: Meaning and Interpretations. Osman Hamdi Bey’s famous work “Turtle Trainer” is a painting that the artist was inspired by during his visits to Bursa Green Mosque and completed in his own workshop. Various comments have been made about the meaning of the table.

The painting shows an anachronistic, fictional scene of a Sufi dervish - recognisable by his robes and hat - attempting to train tortoises within the walls of the Green Mosque of Bursa.

The painting introduced as “L’homme aux Tortues” in the Salon exhibition organized by Société des Artistes Français on 1 May 1906 in Paris, and briefly referred to in English as “Tortoises” in...

“The Tortoise Trainer” is one of Osman Hamdi Bey’s five works included in the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Orientalist Painting Collection. These works form a group that exemplifies the different subjects and stylistic approaches, which the artist ventured into.

On December 12, 2004, Ottoman artist Osman Hamdi Bey's 1906 painting "The Tortoise Trainer" (oil on canvas; 221.5 x 120 cm) was sold at auction for 5 trillion Turkish lira ($3,793,500 USD, ca. 3...

The Tortoise Trainer is an Academic Oil on Canvas Painting created by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1906. It lives at the Pera Museum in Turkey. The image is in the Public Domain, and.

Ottoman artist Osman Hamdi Bey’s 1906 painting, “The Tortoise Trainer” (oil on canvas; 221.5 x 120 cm), remains, to this day, one of his most popular works of art.

2021年4月30日 · A Salon exhibition held in the Grand Palais in Paris on May 1, 1906 showcased an Ottoman painting. This was Osman Hamdi Bey’s famous “Tortoise Trainer”. The catalogue for the exhibition, managed by Ludovic Baschet, featured 1734 paintings and 845 sculptures (figs. 1, …