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Turkish blind painter (born )

Eşref Armağan (born ) is a Turkish painter born in Istanbul, Turkey.^[1] He is a very prominent painter in Turkey, mostly known for his ability to portray forms, perspective and colour in his artworks despite suffering from complete visual impairment visual impairment, a condition he was born with.

Early life

Armağan grew up legally blind in a less than fortunate household and with no formal education. One of his eyes failed to develop beyond a ‘’rudimentary bud’’, meanwhile the other was ‘’stunted and scarred’’.^[2] Having no visual perspective of the outside world, he resorted to experiencing the world through heightening his other senses, particularly through touch.

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He often looked to his father, Nazim Armağan, for guidance. He started to take interest in learning about the world at the age of 6.^[3]

Painting process

He has painted using Oil paint for roughly 35 years. Eşref Armagan first visual