Fine Arts Union

The Fine Arts Union (Turkish: Güzel Sanatlar Birliği) is an organisation founded by İstanbul artists in 1909.

[1] In the establishment of both the Ottoman Society of Engineers and Architects and the Fine Arts Union, the freedoms brought by the Second Constitutional Era, which was declared in 1908 was effective.

This organization, which was first established by the graduates of Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi in 1909 under the name of Ottoman Painters Society, was reorganized as the Fine Arts Union as of March 9, 1927.

It changed names to Türk Ressamları Cemiyeti (Turkish Painters Society) in 1921, and to Güzel Sanatlar Birliği Resim Derneği in 1973.

[2] As of 1985, its members were Naile Akinci, Nazan Akpinar, Maide Arel, Rahmi Artemİz, Neşe Aybey, Cafer Bater, Hüseyin Bılışık, Sabiha Bozcali, Adil Doğançay, Nazlı Ecevit, Ruzin Gerçın, Habib Gerez, Bedia Güler Yüz, Güler Haşımoğlu, Nüshet İslımyelı, Necdet Kalay, Gülseren Kayali, Zeki Kiral, Türkân Kiran, Gıyas Korkut, Ayşe Yazıcı Özel, Sibel Özkaygisiz, Kainat Barkan Pajonk, Numan Pura, Nermin Pura, Haluk Tezonar, Nesibe Türkömer, Naim Uludoğan, Nevin Göker Ulutaş, and Celal Üzmen.