Şevket Dağ

Although he painted in a wide variety of genres, he is perhaps best remembered for his interior portraits of major historical structures.

After attending the public schools, he enrolled at the "Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi" (Academy of Fine Arts, now part of the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), where he studied with Osman Hamdi Bey and Alexander Vallaury; graduating in 1897.

In 1919, after the establishment of the Republic, together with İbrahim Çallı and Hikmet Onat [tr], he participated in creating the "Türk Ressamlar Cemiyeti" (Turkish Painters' Society).

In the 1920s, his work took a turn toward Impressionism, following the lead of a group of painters known as the "14 Kuşağı" (Generation 14), consisting of Feyhaman Duran and Sami Yetik, as well as his old compatriots Çallı and Onat.

In addition to his work as a painter and teacher, he served several terms in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Konya and Siirt.