Some information about regarding medals of painters, available in Ottoman state archive

Abstract

Archive records are important in the life of nations. All kinds of documents related to both the internal order of the state and the outside world are in the archives. The Ottoman Empire is a state that has left millions of archival documents in its 600-year life. Since the ritual cave wall paintings and petroglyphs, painting continues its development in the world with constantly emerging trends. Painting started to attract attention with the westernization movements in the last periods of the Ottoman Empire.
The education that started for vocational purposes in military schools turned into contemporary painting lessons over time. During the Ottoman period, some painters and art teachers in schools were found successful by the state. These people have been awarded with medals. In this paper, some documents in the archive will be focused on.