Unless he learns that art from a master, he cannot light kindling because of that art.
Even if he works on his own and acquires the art, his art will not be perfect.
No one in the world can acquire art on his own without serving a master.
Intihânâme-i Sultan Veled
The teacher is like the water that gives life, and the student is like the seed under the ground. Through education, the seed is mixed with the soil. The seed rots, but a sprout grows out of it and becomes great. The seed is our inherent talents and abilities. The farmer is an educator, and his plowing and irrigation is his education. Just as a seed will not grow without being plowed and watered, it is not possible for a person's abilities to develop to the limit without education.
Masnavi, Mevlana Jalaluddin Rûmî
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The Istanbul branch of the Turkish Women's Cultural Association hosted the exhibition of world-renowned Iranian painter Javad Soleimanpour. The Pastel Painting Exhibition, which he realized with his student Lütfiye Batum, who was trained in the workshop of painter Javad Soleimanpourve, was opened on September 22 at the Palace Collections Museum for the benefit of TÜRKKAD Istanbul Branch scholarship holders.
The exhibition was inaugurated on Saturday, September 22 at 11 am at the Palace Collections Museum.
In 2009, the artist won the first prize among 11 thousand works in the Pastel Painting exhibition organized by the American Pastel Journel magazine and won a great success in his painting career. Since 1997, Iranian artist Javad Soleimanpour, who has been working in Turkey, has been giving lectures at the Seven Art workshop in Kadıköy.
"I saw colors everywhere I looked, so much so that even when I closed my eyes, I would find myself among the paintings. I was always interested in nature, flowers, trees, all kinds of colors and light. I would be very happy to see the light, the shadow, the harmony between colors and objects. I always wanted to paint. Everything I love, everyone. When people were talking, I would not listen to them, I would study their faces. The indentations, the protrusions, the shadows... Time stopped for me when I painted. I always experience the same intensity of emotion and the fact that all the problems that need to be solved in each painting become as natural a process for me as breathing and breathing, perhaps I think that the connection between the viewer and the painting that occurs in my paintings and the connection between the viewer and the painting is due to the fact that I act completely from my feelings and the voice of my heart." This is how Javad Soleimanpour explains the introduction of painting into his life.
Artist Soleimanpour has prepared two special Atatürk portraits at the request of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and is preparing 3 more works for the same office.
Javad Soleimanpour's student Lütfiye Batum makes the following assessment: "We have been continuing our work together with Ms. Lütfiye for 7 years. The point we have reached from the point we started is extremely successful... Ms. Lütfiye's love for painting is as enthusiastic as the love of people in her! She is hardworking, researcher and very meticulous... Since she has these principles, her work is very smooth and correct... She is one of my students whom I find successful and whom I hope for. I am proud of him."
The proceeds from the exhibition titled "A Master and an Apprentice" by "Master" Javad Soleimanpour and "Apprentice" Lütfiye Batum were transferred to students receiving scholarships from TÜRKKAD Turkish Women's Cultural Association, Istanbul Branch.
Exhibition Opening: September 22, 2012 at: 11.00 / Saturday
Location: Palace Collections Museum / Beşiktaş
"Everywhere I looked, I saw colors... So much so that even when I closed my eyes, I found myself among the paintings. I was always studying nature... Flowers, trees...
I was interested in all kinds of colors and light. I would be very happy to see the light, the shadow, the harmony between colors and objects.
I always wanted to paint. Everything and everyone I love...
When people were talking, I would not listen to them, I would study their faces. The indentations, the protrusions, the shadows...
Time stopped for me when I painted...
To always experience the same intensity of emotion and the fact that all the problems that need to be solved in each painting are as natural a process for me as breathing and breathing... I think that the connection between the viewer and the painting in my paintings stems from the fact that I act entirely from my inner feelings and the voice of my heart."
This is how Javad Soleimanpour explains the introduction of painting into his life.
Soleimanpour has created two special portraits of Atatürk at the request of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and has successfully completed a series of portraits of all past presidents of the Republic of Turkey using the oil painting technique. Today, these artifacts are exhibited at the Presidential Complex.
In 1976, he settled in Istanbul and worked in the workshops of very valuable teachers in different branches. During these years, she also received 5 years of basic art education in painting.
In 2006, the artist started pastel painting in Javad Soleimanpour's workshop and still continues to work in this workshop.
The artist, who participated in a total of 15 group exhibitions, held two exhibitions with his master Javad Soleimanpour, "A Master, An Apprentice" at the National Palaces Museum in 2012 and "My Master and Me" at the Museum of Islamic Art in 2018. The artist is married and has two daughters.
