HOCA ALİ RIZA (1858-1930) - "Lithograph"

Framed size: 40 x 50 vm.
Ali Riza Bey was known as “hodja” among his friends, his students and his colleagues. Hodja Ali Riza has been the chief painter in the Harbiye Printing House as well as being an art educator in Harbiye Mektebi, an important step in the development of Turkish painting art. Because of various reasons, there is no opportunity for the students to work in the model at that time; he reproduced charcoal drawings created by nature views, country houses, fountains and animal figures by converting them into lithographic works and created albums. These albums he has created have been distributed to his students who worked on those and have influenced the students' artistic understanding and practices. This situation is essential in terms of showing the importance of Hodja Ali Rıza in art education and the point he reached in the printing picture during his period. (Source: Hodja Ali Riza’s Artistic Perspective and the Importance of his Lithographic Artworks in Art Education, CİDDİ).