A Turkish Painter: Jean Etienne Liotard



Jean Etienne Liotard was born in Geneva in 1702. He created many paintings and patterns during his time in Turkey. For this, he was given the title of "Turkish Painter". When he returned to Europe, he used these sketches in various crayons or oil paintings and prints. It is known that he has a wide communication network in Istanbul, not only with foreigners, but also with Turks who have made an effort to learn Turkish, grow a beard and wear Turkish clothes. Among the paintings he made in Istanbul were portraits of his Turkish friends. In the painter's memoirs, his friends such as the treasurer Sadık Ağa, his brothers Mehmet Ağa and İbrahim Ağa are mentioned. During his stay in Istanbul, Liotard painted the portrait (pattern) of Claude-Alexandre Comtede Boneval, who was brought from France as a technical expert, had an important place in the Ottoman military history, converted to Islam in the Ottoman period and was named after Humbaracı Ahmet Pasha.

When he returned to Europe, Liotard painted many foreigners in Turkish attire. The most famous of these is the portrait of Richard Pococke, which is in the Geneva museum today.


Archaeologist and theologian Richard Pocock, who traveled and conducted archaeological research in the Near East and Anatolia between 1737 and 1741, Lyotard depicts Or in Turkish attire, who toured Turkey in the same year. In the portrait, the minaret of Kılıçali Pasha Mosque in Topane, from the heights of Pella, and Sarayburnu, the city walls and the gardens of Topkapi Palace are seen on the opposite side. Lyotard made short stays in Italy, England, the Netherlands and France after the artist left Istanbul. For example, it shows an English countess completely decorated in Turkish and dressed in Turkish. The artist, who produced more still lifes than portraits in the last years of his life, died in Geneva in 1789.


Most of his late paintings are in the Geneva museum. Liotard contributed to the spread of the 'Turgueri' movement in Europe and its continuation until the middle of the 19th century. The artist not only spread Turkish fashion, but also gave the most realistic Turkish decors, in other words, the closest expression of Turkish life.











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