The following information is excerpted from: "An Artist and an Explorer Beyond Ideologies in a Globalized World" by Zeynep Yasa Yaman, Turkish art critic

The biography of Fahr el nissa is as colorful and sophisticated as the story of her family and; her art is equally confused and elaborated. Therefore, the name of Fahr el nissa Zeid seems to be destined to stand alone in the contemporary Turkish art.

Fahr el nissa Zeid II was born in Istanbul in 1901. She is the daughter of the Shakir Pasha, who was the Grand Vizier Cevat Pasha's brother, an Ottoman diplomat, a photographer and a historian. Her mother was Sare Ismet Hanim of Cretan origin. Her mother's family produced outstanding calligraphers. Her grandfather, a poet and a...