11 Facts About Abidin Dino

Abidin Dino was a Turkish artist and a well-known painter.

Abidin Dino was grandchild of Abidin Pasha Dino, an Albanian Ottoman diplomat from the region of Preveza, Chameria and son of Rasih Dino.

Abidin Dino's siblings were Ali Dino, famous cartoonist and member of the Hellenic Parliament, Leyla Dino Ileri, and Ahmet Dino.

Abidin Dino started drawing and painting at a young age influenced by his family.

Abidin Dino began his secondary education at the American high school Robert College of Istanbul, but dropped out to devote himself to painting, drawing and writing.

The exhibition aroused widespread public interest, and that year Abidin Dino was asked to design the Turkish pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

For eight years from 1954, Abidin Dino participated in the "Salon de Mai" exhibitions in Paris, while Guzin Dino produced programmes for Radio France, taught Turkish at the Oriental Languages Department of the Sorbonne, and did French translations of Turkish literature.

Abidin Dino passed away in the Villejuif Hospital in Paris on 7 December 1993, at the age of 80.

Abidin Dino's body was brought to Istanbul and buried in the Asiyan Cemetery.

Abidin Dino was always delighted to cooperate with other artists and writers, writing prefaces and drawing illustrations for his friends' books with unbounded generosity.

Abidin Dino was interested in everything that was alive, skilfully capturing images with his brush, pencil and camera.