Nejat Orhan

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  Who is Nejat Orhan? Nejat Orhan, who painted the silence of the steppe, became famous as the "Snow painter" due to his winter paintings. The life story of Nejat Orhan, who has oil and watercolor works, is as follows; The artist graduated from Ankara Gazi Education Institute Painting Department and completed his undergraduate degree at Anadolu University Painting Department. Working as a teacher in various regions of Anatolia since 1979, Orhan reflected the idyllic views specific to these regions in his paintings. Starting from 1985, he opened more than fifty group exhibitions and 17 personal exhibitions. In 2006, he took part in the project "Pictured Turkey on the 125th Anniversary of Atatürk's Birth" and illustrated Sinop. The artist works in watercolor and oil paint. Orhan expressed his understanding of art as follows: “The beauties of the countryside, the silence of the steppe, deserted and quiet villages, treeless areas as far as your eyes can see and a few trees in them, small village houses and lonely people in them… These have always impressed me. “I tried to collect these in my mind as much as I could and reflect them in my paintings.” Nejat Orhan, who especially prefers winter landscapes and snowflakes in the silence of the steppe, and was even called the 'snow painter' for a while, said: "Of course, besides these dark winter paintings, there are also flavors of other seasons. Both spring and summer can be seen in my paintings.” made the statement.

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