Artist Avni Arbas Type Oil on canvas Name Avni Arbas Children Zerrin Arbas | Year 1973 Location Eczacibasi Holding Role Painter Grandchildren Derya Arbas | |
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Dimensions 130 cm × 162 cm (51.2 in × 63.8 in) Died October 16, 2003, Izmir, Turkey Similar Dehl Berti, Abidin Dino, Fikret Mualla Saygı Born 1919 (age 84) Died October 16, 2003 (aged 84) Nationality Turkish | ||
AVNİ ARBAŞ
Avni Arbaş (1919 – October 16, 2003) was a Turkish painter of Circassian descent.
Arbaş was born in Istanbul, in the Constantinople Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. He is best known for his paintings of scenes from daily life in Turkey, the Turkish War of Independence, the Bosphorus, fishermen, horses, and nature. He also made many portraits.
He lived for many years in Paris and died of cancer in İzmir, Turkey in 2003. His daughter Zerrin Arbaş was notable as a beauty queen and actress and his granddaughter Derya Arbaş Berti was also an actress.
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