
İbrahim Balaban (1921, Bursa – 9 June 2019, Istanbul) was a Turkish painter and writer. One of the leading representatives of the rural realism movement, Balaban embraced a socially realistic approach to art by depicting the traditional folk culture and village life of Anatolia in his paintings. At the same time, as a naive artist, he used his art to narrate folk legends, epics, and the daily life of the people of Anatolia. The Waiting of Mothers / Oil on Canvas (Source: Galeri Soyut) " image-el
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Ibrahim Balaban (1921, Bursa – 9 June 2019, Istanbul) is a painter and writer. One of the leading representatives of the rural realism movement, Balaban embraced a socially realistic artistic approach by depicting the traditional rural culture and life of Anatolia in his paintings. At the same time, as a naive painter, he used his art to narrate folk legends, epics, and the lives of the people of Anatolia. The Waiting Mothers / Oil on Canvas (Source: Gallery Abstract) " image-alternate="" image-
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Sümeyra Uzun