1886 Hüseyin Avni (Lifij) Samsun ili Ladik ilçesine baðlý Karaaptalsultan Köyünde doðdu.
Huseyin Avni Lifij was born in the village of Karaaptalsultan in Ladik, Samsun.
1887 Ailesi Ýstanbul'da Rumeli Hisarýna yerleþti.
His family moved to Rumeli Hisar, Istanbul.
1893 1893-1896. Ýlk öðrenimini Fatihte, Aþýkpaþa mahallesindeki mahalle okulunda yaptý. Bu okulda resim ve müzik dersleri ile ilgilendi.
1893-1896. He went to primary school at Asikpasa Mahallesi in Fatih, Istanbul. In the school he was interested in painting and music courses.
1896 1896-1898. Orta öðrenimini Nadir Beyin Þehzadebaþýndaki "Numune-i Terakki Mektebi"nde yaptý. Ýdadi mezunu bir kiþiden ilk Fransýzca dersini aldý.
1896-1898. He did his secondary education in "Numune-i Terakki Mektebi" in Sehzadebasi, Istanbul. He started to take French lessons from a private tutor.
1898 1898-1900 arasý hasta olduðundan okula gönderilmedi.
1898-1900. He was not able to attend school because of illness.
1901 Nafýa Nezaretinin Demiryollarý Müdürlüðü'nde iþe girdi. Fransýzca öðrenmek için "Alyans Ýsraelit" okuluna kýsa bir süre devam etti. Ýskender Ferit Bey'den özel Fransýzca dersi almaya baþladý.
He started to work in the Railways Department of Ministry of Public Works. He attended for a short period "Alyans Israelit" school to learn French, and started taking private lessons in French from Iskender Ferit Bey.
1903 1903-1904. Fransýzca dersleri devam etti. Anatomi öðrenmek için "Mülkiye Týbbýyesi"ne, boya tekniðini öðrenmek için de "Eczacý Mektebi"nin Fizik ve Kimya derslerine dinleyici öðrenci olarak katýldý.
1903-1904. He continued taking French lessons from Iskender Ferit Bey. Attended anatomy classes in Medical School and physics and chemistry classes in Pharmacy School as a listener.
1906 Ýskender Ferit ve yeni tanýþtýðý Henri Prost, resimlerini Müze Müdürü Osman Hamdi Beye götürmesini önerdiler. Genç ressamýn pipolu oto portresini beðenen Osman Hamdi Bey, bundan sonra yapacaðý resimleri kendisine göstermesini istedi.
Iskender Ferit and Henri Prost advised him to take his paintings to Osman Hamdi Bey, the well known Turkish painter who was also the founder and director of the Museum. Osman Hamdi Bey, who liked the selfportrait of the young artist, asked him to show him his further works.
1908 (Ýkinci Meþrutiyet). Hüseyin Avni, Müze Müdürü Osman Hamdi Bey tarafýndan Abdülmecit Efendiye, resim tahsili için Parise göndermek istediði öðrenci adayý olarak tavsiye edildi. Genç ressam, aslýnda 1906 da gerçekleþtirdiði pipolu kendi portresini 1908 olarak tarihleyip imzalayarak Abdülmecit Efendi'nin beðenisine sundu.
(The Second Constitution.) Huseyin Avni was recommended by Osman Hamdi Bey to Abdulmecid Efendi as a condidate for the sate scholarship given to young artists to study in Paris. The young artist showed Abdulmecid Efendi the selfportrait which he had painted in 1906, signing it as 1908.
1909 Elde bulunan yazýlý belgede kendi açýklamasýna göre sanatçý 11.1.1909 da Fransaya hareket etti. 26 Þubat 1909 da Pariste "I'Ecole Nationale Speciale des Beaux-Art" dan kurlarý izleme belgesi aldý ve "Cormon" Atölyesinde resim çalýþmalarýna baþladý.
Hüseyin Avni left for Paris on January 1909 and enrolled to "L'Ecole Nationale Speciale des Beaux-Arts" in February 26, 1909 and started to study painting in "Cormon" Atelier.
1909-1912. Ressam Guillonnet ve Ressam Andre Lecomte Du Noüy ile dostluk kurarak arada atölyelerine devam etti.
1909-1912, he became friends with painter Guillonnet and Andre Lecomte Du Nouy and started to study in their ateliers.
1912 Ýstanbul'a geri çaðýrýldý.
He was called back to Istanbul.
1912-1914. "Ýstanbul Sultanisi"nde (Ýstanbul Erkek Lisesi) resim öðretmeni olarak görev yaptý.
1912-1914. He taught painting in Istanbul Erkek Lisesi.
1915 "Kandilli Ýnas Sultanisi"nde (Kandilli Kýz Lisesi) Fransýzca öðretmenliði yaptý.
He taught French in the girls school in Kandilli.
27 Ekim. Pariste Louvre Müzesinde sanatçý tarafýndan kopyasý yapýlan Luca Giordano'nun "Mars ile Venüs" tablosunun kopyasýnýn da bulunduðu koleksiyon Güzel Sanatlar Okulunda toplandý ve okulun büyük salonu ile yanýndaki odada sergilendi.
October 27. His copy of Luca Giordano's "Mars and Venus" the original of which is in Louvre Museum, Paris was exhibited in the School of Fine Arts with works of other artists.
1916 Ýlkbahar 1. "Galatasaraylýlar Yurdu Resim Sergisi"ne iki resim ile katýldý.
In spring he joined the exhibition in "Galatasaraylilar Yurdu" with two paintings.
26.7.1916. Hilal Gazetesi'nde (No.418) "Le Mouvement Artistique, I'Exposition de Peinture du Galata-Saraililar-Yourdou" baþlýklý yazýsý yayýnlandý.
His article with title "Le Mouvement Artistique, l'Exposition de Peinture du Galata-Saraililar-Yourdou" was published in newspaper Hilal (date July 7th, No.418)
1917 Sonbahar. Ýstanbul'da Galatasaraylýlar Yurdunda açýlan "Savaþ Resimleri ve Diðerleri" Sergisi'ne ,20 resim ile katýldý.
In automn he joined the exhibition of "Paintings of War and Others" with 20 paintings.
1918 Þubat-Mart. "Orient Litteraire"in idare kýsmýnda düzenlenen ilk sergi, Avni Lifij'in kiþisel sergisi oldu. (Desenler, yaðlý boyalar). (28/2/1918. Orient Litteraire'de Jean Elle'in sanatçý hakkýnda makalesi, 3/3/1918. Orient litteraire'de "Notre exposition"adlý makale.)
February-March. His first individual exhibition covering his drawings and paintings took place in the building of "Orient Litteraire". (28/2/1918, article in Orient Litteraire about the artist and the exhibition by Jean Elle. 3/3/1918, article in Orient Litteraire with title "Notre exposition".
(Mütareke.) Davutpaþa Orta Mektebinde Fransýzca öðretmenliði yaptý.
(Armistice.) He taught French at Davutpasa Secondary School.
VÝYANA'da sergilenen "Savaþ Resimleri ve Diðerleri Sergisi"ne 18 resim ile katýldý. (Katalog der Ausstellung Türkischer Maler - 1918)
He joined the exhibition of "Painting about War and Others" in Vienna with 18 paintings. (Katalog der Auststellung Türkischer Maler -1918)
1919 11 Temmuz. Doktor Ýbrahim Þazi'nin Kýzý Harika Þazi ile nikahlandý.
July 11. He became engaged to Harika Þazi, the daughter of Dr. Ibrahim Sazi.
Galatasaray Resim Sergisi'ne bir resim ile katýldý.
He joined Galatasaray Painting Exhibition with one painting.
1921 12 Mart. Ýçinde sanatçýnýn da beþ eseri bulunan hükümete ait olan 56 adet tablo, Maarif Kurulunun 12.3.1921 günlü mazbatasý uyarýnca Resim Eserleri koleksiyonuna katýldý. (Elvahý Nakþiye Koleksiyonu [Resim Tablolarý Koleksiyonu], yazan: Müze Müdürü Halil Edhem, T.C. Milli Eðitim Bakanlýðý Yayýnlarý Sayý 58, 1924)
March 12. 56 paintings owned by the government were included in the Official Painting Collection with the decree of the Education Council bearing the same date. Six of these paintings belonged to Huseyin Avni Lifij.
1922 25 Mart. Doktor Ýbrahim Þazi'nin kýzý Harika Þazi ile evlendi.
March 25. He married Harika Þazi, daughter of Dr. Ibrahim Sazi.
16 Temmuz-Aðustos sonu. Türk ressamlar Cemiyeti Tarafýndan düzenlenen 4. Galatasaray Resim Sergisi'ne üç resim ile katýldý.
July 16 - end of August. He participated in the Fourth Galatasaray Exhibition arranged by Society of Turkish Painters with three paintings.
Ayný yýl kurulan Serbest Resim Atelyesindeki sergiye 7 poþad ve 1 eskiz ile katýldý.
He participated in the exhibition at Free Painting Studio estabilished in the same year with 7 pochades and one sketch.
Ekim. Bursa'ya Mustafa Kemal'i karþýlamak için giden öðretmenler arasýnda sanatçý ile birlikte eþi Harika ve eþinin kardeþi Heykeltraþ Nijad'da bulunuyordu. Mustafa Kemal Avni Lifij'i Ankaraya götürdü ve Erkaný Harbiye'de dört ay misafir etti. Sanatçý Ankaraya bu ilk ziyaretinde Mareþal Fevzi Çakmak'ýn portresini gerçekleþtirdi. (Bugün Ankarada Milli Kütüphanede)
October. Avni Lifij, his wife Harika and her brother sculptor Nijad were among the teachers who went to Bursa to welcome Mustafa Kemal. Mustafa Kemal took Avni Lifij to Ankara where he stayed at the quarters of General Staff for four months. On this first visit he painted a portrait of Maresal Fevzi Cakmak. (Today in Ankara in the National Library)
Ankara dönüþü "Karagün" ve "Akgün" tablolarýnýn hazýrlýk çalýþmalarýna baþladý. Bir yýl sonunda söz konusu komposizyon tuvale uygulandý. (Bugün Ankarada Milli Kütüphanede)
After returning from Ankara he started to work on "Karagun" and "Akgun". He finished these compositions a year later. (Today in Ankara in the National Library)
1923 Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi Alisi Tezyini Sanatlar (Dekoratif Sanatlar) öðretmenliðine atandý. Ölümüne kadar Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi Alisi Tezyiniye Muallimi olarak görevde kaldý.
He was appointed instructor of Decorative Arts in the Academy of Fine Arts. He kept this position until his death.
Mareþal Fevzi Çakmak Mesaide tablosunu gerçekleþtirdi. (Bugün Ýstanbul Resim ve Heykel Müzesinde)
He completed a painting showing Maresal Fevzi Cakmak at work. (Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul)
1924 Halil Edhem'in "Elvahý Nakþiye Koleksiyonu" (Resim Tablolarý Koleksiyonu) kitabý T.C. Milli Eðitim Bakanlýðý Yayýnlarda (Sayý: 58) yayýnlandý.
Halil Edhem's "Elvahi Naksiye Koleksiyonu" was published by the Ministry of Education. Six of his works were incuded in this collection.
1925 26.12.1925. Sanatçý Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi Alisinden Fransaya gitme iznini aldý.
December 26. The artist received permision from the Academy to go to France.
1926 15.2.1926 - 14.3.1926 arasý sanatçý tekrar Paris'te. Maurice Meys'in konferansýna davetli olarak gitti.
February 15 - March 14, Avni Lifij in Paris again. He was invited to a lecture of Maurice Meys by himself.
1927 Türk Sanayi-i Nefise Birliði Resim Þubesi 4. Ankara Resim Sergisi'ne iki resim ile katýldý.
He participated in the fourth exhibition of the Turkish Union of Fine Arts with two paintings.
1927 2 Haziran. Lalelide Harikzedegan Apartmanýndaki odasýnda hayatý son buldu.
June 2. He died in his flat at Harikzedegan Apartment in Laleli, Istanbul.
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