ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> individual artists illustrating boys fashions -- Hasan Kaptan </TITLE> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Serbian school uniform garments. With photos and text. "> <META NAME="KeyWords" CONTENT="United States, America, boy, boys, children, girl, girls, school uniform, garments, caps, military, tunics, sailor suits, shirts, history, historical, fashion, "> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#FFFF00" LINK="#FF0000" ALINK="#FFFF00" VLINK="#99CCFF"> <br> <br> <img src="/HBCgold.gif"> <br> <br> <HR> <br> <br> <br> <br> <center><h1>Artists: Hasan Kaptan (Turkey, 1942?- )</h1></center> <table border=0 cellpadding=20 align=left width=710 height=717> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table border=5 align=left width=37% bgcolor=##7f00ff"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <IMG SRC="/image/date/2014/03/01/kaptan52s.jpg"> <br> <hr> <i>Figure 1.--This is 10-year old Hasan Kaptan in 1952. I think it is the 'Life' magazine piece bout him. </i> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> Hasan Kaptan is an interesting artist born in Ankara (1942?). His father was painter Arif Kaptan. He was recognized as a talented artist as a boy when he began producing modern art. He exhibited for the first time at the age of 7 years in his hometown. This exhibition toured the major Turish cities, including Istanbul. He exhibited at the Paris gallery FE Buffa (1950). The art critic Pierre Varenne assessing the work exhibited in Paris, "What we observe is in its ancient Anatolia, the beings that pass before his eyes ingenuous child rubbed, shaken by the motley crowds of Asia, obsequious merchants, beggars, emaciated, gaudy gossips, shepherds proud, Cutthroat girls ... All eyes haunt. He wants to understand and fix. No master has done better than him, take a look behind a soul." French television reported on the exhibit as did the press. Following the Pris exhibition, the gallery Saint-Etienne in New York exhibited his works. <i>Life</i> magazine, the mostprestiogious American mass circulation magazine, devoted an entire page to Hasan. They had just reported on Mark Chagall. Further American exhibitions followed, including Washington and Chicago. <i>Time</i> reported on Hasan magazine on this occasion. One of her paintings was purchased by the Wonders Children's Museum in the United States. After his trip he returned to Turkey. A large traveling exhibition of one hundred of his works was put together and toured Anatolia (1954). Hasan obtained a grant from the Turkish government studies (1957). Hasan began studying and painting in Paris. The same year he participated at the Edinburgh Festival. One of these works was reproduced in full page color in <i>Harper's Bazaar</i>. Kaptan studied printmaking for 6 years at the studio of J. Friedlander and learnedthe different possibilities of printmaking, lithography, and serigraphy. He exhibited etchings as part of a group show in the gallery bookshop La Hune. Belgian, English, and Swiss bought his prints. Gradualy Kaptan move away from modern abstract art to more realistic pictoral depictions. Kaptan settled in Normandy and has a special interest in in art therapy. <br> <br> <br> <! Friendship and teaching Gustave Singier allow it to move freely. He met art critics Francastel, Waldemar George and Raymond Cogniat who encourage and advise. It copies the Avignon Pieta for the Turkish museums. In 1962, 1964 and 1965, he was invited to the Salon de Mai. In 1962, he was the youngest participant of the show. In 1963, he participated in the Third Biennale de Paris where he exhibited his paintings and etchings. In 1964, he exhibited at the Gallery Rudder. In 1964-1965, he made several study trips to Italy and Germany. Noticed by his participation at the Salon de Mai, he was invited to Pittsburgh International in 1964 and 1967. Its items are purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in Pittsburgh. By this time it is related to American collectors who regularly buy his paintings. In 1968, he returned to Turkey to do his military service for a period of two years In 1970 he won first prize at the Turkish State Fair. He returned to France in late 1970, participates in the Great Room and Young in 1971 and exhibited at the gallery bookshop ABC. By this time, a return to figurative painting begins and rupture with abstract painting is done gradually. It does not expose his paintings during this period of pictorial research. after 1974 In 1975, he participated in group exhibitions. In 1983, he successively two personal exhibitions in Paris. In 1988, he participated in group exhibitions in Denmark. Meanwhile, in 1974 he became interested in the pictorial expression of the mentally handicapped. On the initiative of SNAPEI (National Union of Parents of Children Misfits), it implements Expression Workshops pictorial under the CAT ( Sheltered work). From 1974 to 2005, Hasan has organized more than thirty workshops throughout France in this context. Works executed under these workshops have been exhibited at Centre Pompidou and the Sorbonne. He is currently organizing training courses art therapy. ( link ) Hasan Kaptan lives and works in Normandy where he leads a workshop ( Cromatic ) for learning painting techniques (during initiation and development) and continues to paint and make pictorial research. > <HR> <br> <br> <br> <CENTER> <H1>HBC</H1> <P> <A HREF="/email.html"><img src="/imagef/mail1.gif"></A><BR> </CENTER><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <center> <p><i>Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing artistic pages:<br> [Return to the <a href="/art/nat/anat-turk.html">Main Turkish art page</a>]<br> [Return to the <a href="/art/artist.html">Main artistic page</a>]<br> [<a href="/art/artistc.html">Chronologies</a>] [<a href="/art/artisti.html">Individuals</a>] [<a href="/art/artistn.html">National</a>] [<a href="/art/artists.html">Styles</a>] </center> <br> <br> <center> <p><i>Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:<br> [Return to the <a href="/country/us/co-us.html">Main American page</a>]<br> <b>[<a href="/intro.html">Introduction</a>] [<a href="/act/act.html">Activities</a>] [<a href="/bio/bio.html">Biographies</a>] [<a href="/chron/chron.html">Chronology</a>] [<a href="/style/style.html">Clothing styles</a>] [<a href="/country/country.html">Countries</a>]<br> [<a href="/bib/bib.html">Bibliographies</a>] [<a href="/cont.html">Contributions</a>] [<a href="/faq.html">FAQs</a>] [<a href="/var/gloss.html">Glossaries</a>] [<a href="/var/gloss.html">Glossary</a>] [<a href="/cont/image.html">Images</a>] [<a href="/link.html">Links</a>] [<a href="/cont/contr.html">Registration</a>] [<a href="/index2at.html">Tools</a>]<br> [<a href="/index2.html">Boys' Clothing Home</a>] </b> </center> <br> <br> <br> Created: 4:25 AM 3/2/2014<br> Last updated: 4:25 AM 3/2/2014 <br> <br> <br> <br> <img src="/HBCgold.gif" align=right> <br> <br> </body> </HTML>