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TheNational Palaces Painting Museum (Turkish:Milli Saraylar Resim Müzesi) is anart museum inIstanbul,Turkey,[1] opened at the Crown Prince Residence ofDolmabahçe Palace in 2014. The museum exhibits approximately 200 pieces from the palace's collection of paintings by both Turkish and international artists of the 19th century. The museum is funded by theTBMM.
The historical building previously housed theIstanbul Art and Sculpture Museum, which was founded within the order of Turkey's first presidentMustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1937 and served as part ofMimar Sinan Fine Arts University. After the renovation between 2010 and 2014, it was transformed into a new museum to house pieces of 19th and early-20th century art, which were mainly gathered from the palaces ofOttoman dynasty.
The museum has more than 200 paintings displayed in 11 sections. Some of the displayed collections are listed below.
This collection consists of works by Ottoman/Turkish artists such asŞeker Ahmed Pasha,Osman Hamdi Bey,Hüseyin Zekai Pasha andHodja Ali Rıza, who make up the second, third and fourth generation of Turkish painting in the Western sense.
Works by artists such asStanislaw Chlebowski andFausto Zonaro, who respectively servedAbdulaziz andAbdülhamid II as their court painters.
Two sections consist of paintings that were bought from theGoupil Gallery inParis during the reign ofAbdulaziz. The paintings that were bought in this era reflect the taste of Sultan Abdulaziz and his assistantŞeker Ahmed Pasha. A Western-style collection of paintings was brought together for the first time at the Dolmabahçe Palace during the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz.
The Ceremony Hall, which is the most magnificent room of the structure with itsstucco-lined walls and composite-headed plasters, is allocated to theRussian artistAivazovsky.
The hall that exhibits this collection originally used to be the library ofAbdülmecid II himself, who was born to become the last crown prince andcaliph of the Ottoman dynasty. Interested in almost all branches of art, but particularly calligraphy and music, he remained a celebrated artist of Turkish painting.
The museum has a rich collection of works by 19th centuryOrientalist painters.