Division Head: Prof. Mahmut Bozkurt
Painting department is one of the three main departments, all of which form the establishment of "Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi (the old name of Fine Arts school)", which started education in 1883. At the beginning first lecturers; who were hired by the founder of the school Osman Hamdi;were Warnia Zarzecki (for drawing classes) and Salvatore Valeri (for oil painting). In that period of Ottoman Turkey, there was not any native Ottoman to teach art in the school. After the world war 1 started in 1914, artists such as Hikmet Onat, İbrahim Çallı, Feyhaman Duran, Avni Lifij, Namık İsmail; who were sent to study abroad; came back to work in the school of art and took the place of former foreign professors.
Later on; after the school's name changed to Fine Arts Academy, teaching staff of Painting Department was enriched with the participation of famous artists such as Ali Çelebi, Zeki Kocamemi from independent group and Cemal Tollu, Nurullah Berk, Sabri Berkel, Cevat Dereli; who were representatives of the new generation. The last link of enrichment that reached to today's generation is formed by the famous names such as Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Neşet Günal.
Painting Department; where many academicians and artists were educated since 1970; has got qualities of being the first and the basic painting tradition in our country from the establishment date up to now.
The aim of art education in the Division of Painting is to train intellectual, contemporary artists who can create original works in a universal level. The education has been carried on by a rich teaching staff, who are also well-known artists.
Prof. Aydın AYAN
Prof. Yalçın KARAYAĞIZ
Prof. Kemal İSKENDER
Prof. Neş'e ERDOK
Prof. Nedret SEKBAN
Prof. Mehmet MAHİR
Prof. Mahmut BOZKURT
Prof. Zekai ORMANCI
Prof. Yalçın KARAYAĞIZ
Prof. Fuat ACAROĞLU
Prof. Hüsnü KOLDAŞ
Prof. Nuri TEMİZSOYLU
Prof. Ali AKAY
Asst. Prof. Ahmet Umur DENİZ
Asst. Prof. Tanju DEMİRCİ
Asst. Prof. İrfan OKAN
Asst. Prof. Gülçin ÖZDEMİR
Asst. Prof. M. Mete AĞYAR
Asst. Prof. Mustafa Orkun MÜFTÜOĞLU
