Ahmet Ziya Akbulut

Ahmet Ziya Akbulut (1896-1939)

He was born in 1896 in Istanbul, he graduated from military school in 1887?. Akbulut was taught by Osman Nuri Paşa and Hoca Ali Rıza Bey, following which he was assigned to a military studio and worked there from 1894. In 1913 he was appointed to head the Ottoman Painters’ Assembly Executive Committee. He became a teacher in 1914 and assistant director at the Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi-i Alisi in 1932.

The artist passed away in 1939, and his works can be seen in both private and state collections.