Özet:

Human is born into a certain culture. Tradition is a concept that inevitably has effects on human life as a social entity. The concept, which has wide effects on human life, has found existence in the art of painting with various methods. Questioning, researching and synthesizing of tradition via several ways by Turkish Painters is not a concept belonging today. In the process of westernization, Turkish painting artists have researched the contemporary exposition of tradition and issued their theorems and practices. The concept, which has been questioned and experienced in the works of artists, has taken its place in the personal image world of the artists. Within the scope of the researh Selim Turan, Süleyman Saim Tekcan, Hüsamettin Koçan and Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu were elected as painters. The representation of tradition in the works of artists has been tried to be interpreted primarily through what they do formally. In addition, descriptive analyzes were made on how they benefited from the tradition and how they reflected it. Within the scope of this article, the interaction with contemporary art and the ways of reflecting the tradition that continues to exist as a part of culture have been realized through literature analysis. In this context, according to the works examined in the article Tradition has found existence by transforming into different forms of expression in Turkish painting. As a result, the Artists have formed a synthesis by interpreting the subjects and elements they have dealt with in the context of tradition with contemporary expressions. They independently transferred the new concepts that they synthesized with tradition in their contemporary personal styles and works into their practices.

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