Halil Pasha

Halil Pasha (, Istanbul - August 1939, Istanbul) was a Turkish painter and art teacher. He was one of Turkey's first Impressionists.

Biography His family was originally from Rhodes and his father, Selim, was one of the founders of the Turkish Military Academy.

Like many early Western-style Turkish artists, he received his training in technical drawing and painting at the "Mühendishane-i Berrî-i Hümâyûn" (Military School of Engineering), now known as the Istanbul Technical University. Upon graduating, students were normally commissioned to become teachers at military schools, but he insisted on being allowed to continue his studies in Paris. In 1880, his father finally agreed, and he spent eight years working in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme. Later, he was a long-term guest at the Khedive's largely unused mansion in Istanbul and had a studio there.

Selected paintings