Calligraphy
and marbling artist, researcher and writer (b. 1935, Bandırma / Balıkesir). He
graduated from Haydarpaşa High School (1953) and Istanbul University, Faculty
of Pharmacy (1960). He has been the General Secretary of the Turkish Petrol
Foundation since 1977 and an advisor at the Islam History, Art and Cultural
Research Centre since 1981 after having worked as a pharmacist in İstanbul for
fifteen years.
After 1955,
Derman became the student of Master Necmettin Okyay (1883- 1976) in calligraphy
and other book arts and gained a certificate in 1960. He worked in the same
field as Süheyl Ünver (1898-1986), Macid Ayral (1891-1961) and Halim Özyazıcı
(1898-1964).
M. Uğur Derman, a respected
calligraphy and marbling artist with many great works in his field, has given
graduate and postgraduate lectures of calligraphy and book arts at the
Faculties of Fine Arts at Marmara University (1985- 89) and Mimar Sinan
University (1989).
He has
written more than 300 articles, encyclopedia entries and papers related to his
field since 1961. His articles on calligraphy and marbling arts have been
published in the reviews İslâm Düşüncesi (1967-69),
Hayat (1967-72), Hayat Tarih (1969-73), İlgi
(1974-81) and Lâle (1981-89). He has
written articles for the encyclopedias Türk
Ansiklopedisi (1969-80) and Türkiye
Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. He was given the title of honorary
professor by Mimar Sinan University in 1997. He received the Writers Union of
Turkey Eminent Services Award in 2002 for his Services to Turkish Culture and
Art.
WORKS:
Elli Sanatsever Serisi (Fifty Art
Lovers Series, 1962-66), Türk Sanatında
Ebrû (Marbling in Turkish Art, 1977), Türk
Hat Sanatının Şaheserleri (Masterpieces of Turkish Calligraphy Art, 1982), İslâm Kültür Mirasında Hat Sanatı (The
Art of Calligraphy in the Heritage of Islamic Culture, 1992; translated and
published in Arabic in 1990, Japanese in 1996 and Malay in 2000), Osmanlı Hat Sanatı (Ottoman Calligraphy
Art, 2001; translated into English in 1998 and 2000, French in 2000 and German
in 2001).
