Fahrelnissa Zeid’s Third Class Passengers: a sign of things to come

This formative piece, created when the artist returned to Istanbul following a period of travel, features the blobby brushstrokes that would grace her later workIt is hard to decide whether the waiting room depicted in this oil-on-plywood painting is a nice place. This station seems to be richly furnished – perhaps better than the austere train terminals of today – but it does look a tad lively. Continue reading...