Eren Eyüboğlu

Eren Eyüboğlu (née Ernestine Leibovici; 1913–1988) was a Romanian-born Turkish painter, ceramicist, and mosaic artist. She is considered one of the forerunners of modernism in Turkey.

Biography Ernestine Leibovici was born on 5 February 1913 in Iași, Romania. She attended George Enescu National University of Arts (formerly Academy of Fine Arts Iași), where she graduated in 1928. In 1933, she studied art in Istanbul. When she married, Ernestine adopted the Turkish name “Eren”.

Eyüboğlu worked in many different mediums, including ceramic, charcoal, oil, watercolor, and gouache. She took part in D Group exhibitions starting in 1936, as well as the Edinburgh Art Festival in 1957, and the Hamburg Turkish Women Painters Exhibition in 1958. In 1941, she had her first solo exhibition. Her work is in museum collections, including at Grey Art Gallery, and Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.