Osman Hamdi. Osman Hamdi drew up the founding regulations of the Academy of Fine Arts (Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi) and became its first director in 1883. Osman Hamdi, museum curator and an archaeologist contributed to the Academy's remarkable development. In its very first year, the Academy of Fine Arts had 20 students and some teaching staffs from Turkey, as well as Andre Lhote and Leopold Levy fr..