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The first half of the twentieth century that many events became in historic sense had been a turbulent period; housing concepts such as occupation, rebellion, independence and struggle. There have been many events that have changed the fate of countries such as World War I, World War II, the Russian Revolution and the Turkish War of Independence. In this period there were states trying to establish fascism, communism and democracy. Leaders in that time period were also interested in arts in the shadow of war and politics. They were portrayed many times by the painters. We can describe portrait as face and expression density on it. Portrait paintings were actualized with orders from wealthy people. Potent, at all times and in distant countries, made themselves portrayed perhaps for immortality, perhaps as a force show or for propaganda. Fayum mummy portraits painted on wooden panels in Egypt are the period works which should be mentioned as portrait. It was a popular practice to have portraits with holy people in Europe for a while. In 16th century miniature portrait painting developed especially in England and in France. These portraits were facilitated by the fact that they could be transported. The Renaissance period is filled with successful examples of realist portraits. Artists such as Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Dürer painted selfportraits. Portraits had been portrayed in many styles and school until the 20th century. In the 20th century; there were artists who pushed and developed the possibilities of the portraits like Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Modigliani, Lucien Freud and more. The tradition of political portrait has been ongoing since mankind's past. While the fate of the countries is changing; the leaders who lead the societies were important in the memory of the societies. All the leaders, whether repressive or libertarian, became the main theme of art; their portraits were immortalized in many techniques such as oil paintings, sculptures, charcoal. This research consists of compilation and consideration of immortalized portraits of important political personalities and their short resumes in the first half of the 20th century. This paper, which aims to examine political portraits, will reveal the coexistence of art and politics and reveal the conclusion that art is a means of propaganda in a sense.

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