{{Short description|Turkish-born Armenian painter (1907–1997)}}
{{Infobox person | name = Maide Arel | image = Maide Arel.jpg | alt = Maide Arel | caption = | other_names = Maide Feruhhan, Mayde Arel | birth_name = Mayde Feruhhan | birth_date = 1907 | birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey | death_date = 9 February 1997 | death_place = Istanbul, Turkey | alma_mater = Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University | known_for = painting | spouse = Şemsi Arel (1935–1982) }} '''Maide Arel''' (1907–1997), also known as '''Mayde Feruhhan''', was a Turkish-born Armenian painter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Kürkman|first=Garo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heDqAAAAMAAJ&q=maide+arel+armenian|title=Armenian Painters in the Ottoman Empire, 1600-1923|date=2004|publisher=Matüsalem Uzmanlık ve Yayıncılık|isbn=978-975-92015-4-8|location=|pages=155|language=en|quote=Mayde Feruhhan}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> She is known for her work is abstract and stylized figures, similar to Cubism, often in dull colors.
== About == She was born as Mayde Feruhhan in 1907 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was the granddaughter of artist and designer Simon Dadyan and a descendant of Nazik Balyan and the Balyan family of architects.<ref name=":0" />
Arel studied at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (formally known as İstanbul Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi) and graduated in 1935.<ref name=":1" /> Arel studied with Nazmi Ziya Güran, Mehmet Ruhi Arel, and Hikmet Onat.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-05-18|title=The life and works of Maide Arel (1907 - 1997)|url=https://www.istanbulsanatevi.com/turk-ressamlar/maide-arel-hayati-ve-eserleri/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424125236/https://www.istanbulsanatevi.com/turk-ressamlar/maide-arel-hayati-ve-eserleri/#lightbox/1/%206.11.2018|archive-date=2020-04-24|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Istanbulsanatevi}}</ref> She married painter Şemsi Arel in 1935, the son of her painting professor Mehmet Ruhi Arel.<ref name=":1" />
Between 1945 until 1950, she lived in Paris and studied in workshops with André Lhote, Fernand Léger, and Jean Metzinger.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=19.YY. Sonu ve 20.YY Basinda Kadin Ressamlarimiz|trans-title=Our Female Artists in Late 19th century and Early 20th century|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/55669|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325191708/https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/55669|archive-date=2020-03-25|access-date=2020-08-23|website=dergipark.org|quote=Armenian}}</ref> During her early career, her first period of paintings were primarily landscapes, and her work changed to abstraction after her return to Europe.
She died on 9 February 1997, and is buried in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref name=":0" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arel, Maide}} Category:1907 births Category:1997 deaths Category:20th-century Armenian painters Category:20th-century Armenian women artists Category:Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire Category:Armenian women painters Category:Armenian abstract painters Category:Painters from Istanbul Category:Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University alumni Category:Turkish emigrants to France Category:20th-century women painters