Two autograph letters and one manuscript autobiography signed 'Vecih Bereketoglu', addressed to 'Sami Bey'.

HASAN VECIH BEREKETOGLU, (Turkish painter, influenced by impressionistic aesthetics, who took painting lessons from Halil Pasha and at the Academie Julian), (1895-1971). ALS Manuscript[s], 1944. Original two manuscript ALSs and one manuscript autobiography including 30 lines. 1 p.; 2 p.; 2 p. In Ottoman script. Only one letter with date and letterhead of 'Vecih Bereketoglu'. In his first letter dated April 26, [19]44, he talks about the painting and oil painting he is working on. He states that he has met Fazil Bey since 1923. Another paper includes a two-pages autobiography. Second ALS includes 19 lines. Hasan Vecih Bereketoglu was a Turkish painter, influenced by impressionistic aesthetics, who took painting lessons from Halil Pasha and at the Julian Academy in Paris. He is one of the painters of the 1914 Generation. He was the son of Kazasker Bereketzade Cemil Bey. Since his father was a civil servant, he completed his primary education in Egypt. He completed high school in Rhodes.