Tag: Arthistory
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01 Work, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Thirst, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 17,500 in Oct 2019 While thirst may sap the morale of troops on the battlefield, the lack of a safe water supply may force a population into exile and condemn crops and livestock to wither and die. To attack water is to attack an entire way of life… Ismail Shammout (1930 –…
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05 Works, The Art of War, Alain Provost’s Fragility, NEW FACE, Oceans, CORPUS and RENAISSANCE, with footnotes
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01 Work, The Art of War, Abed Abdi’s Expulsion from the Homeland, with footnotes
Sold for 10,625 GBP in April 2019 The Nakba (Arabic for ‘catastrophe’) in 1948 was a defining moment in Palestinian history that affected the life, culture and identity of the Palestinian people in immeasurable ways, and concurrently, the evolution of Palestinian art. Palestinian art was still in its early stages of development in the mid-1900s as…
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06 Photographs, The Art of War, Bojan Jevtić’s vision of a vision, with footnotes
Bojan Jevtic is a Serbian visual artist. Born in Belgrade, he has had a long, illustrious career. His artworks are in art book ” Masters of Contemporary Fine Art” with the artworks from other famous artists all over the world… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Crucifixion, with footnotes
Sold for 113,400 GBP in October 2020 Crucifixion is without question, a striking work. It is gripping and daunting, but in its abstraction, it is softened by form and a nuanced use of imagery. Shammout handles clear symbols of sacrifice and loss with a delicate sensitivity that makes what can be deeply uncomfortable and sensitive subject matter,…
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01 Painting, The art of War, André Fougeron’s Massacre at Sakiet, with footnotes
Sixty-eight Tunisian civilians were killed in a raid on the village of Sakiet Sidi Yousef in 1958. The attack was part of French repressions in neighbouring Algeria, and provoked condemnation around the world. Shocked by the event, de Francia dedicated this epic canvas to the innocent victims. Rather than attempting an accurate record, he used…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Abed Abdi’s Bride at the Refugee Camp, with footnotes
Sold for €10,000.00 in December 2021 Poverty is a strong driver of child marriage among Syrian refugees, while social protection programmes and educational opportunities for girls have played a protective role in Gaza. In both contexts, our findings underscore the multiple and intersecting negative effects of child marriage on girls’ health and bodily integrity, and point…
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01 Work, The Art of War, William Orpen’s Tanks, with footnotes
A view looking up to the underside of two tanks. The tanks are cresting a low rise, their treads rearing up towards the grey sky. Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, KBE, RA, RHA (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Laila Shawa’s Target 2009, with footnotes
Sold for £ 6,000 in Jun 2009 Target 2009 was created as a direct response to the tragically high death toll amongst Gaza’s children due to Israeli military assaults earlier in 2009. A variation of the iconic Target (1992) from Shawa’s Walls of Gaza I silk screen series, it is also related to Targets (1994) from Walls…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Matthew Somerville Morgan’s The Storming Of Delhi, with footnotes
Thomas H. Sherratt’s original engraving and etching, The Storming of Delhi is based upon a design created by Matthew Somerville Morgan (M. S. Morgan), depicting the siege of Kashmiri Gate (Delhi) during the Uprising of 1857. By 14 September 1857 the British had about 9,000 men before the rebel-held city of Delhi. A third were…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Jaswant Singh’s Mural Depicting 1919 Amritsar Massacre – Jallianwala Bagh, with footnotes
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919. A large, peaceful crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, during annual Baishakhi fair, to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of pro-independence activists Saifuddin Kitchlu and Satyapal. In response to the…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Payag’s Nasiri Khan Directing the Siege of Qandahar, with footnotes
The Siege of Kandhar by the artist Payag shows the detonation of mines that Mughal forces have laid under the walls of a Deccani fort. In the foreground a bejewelled general gestures grandly towards the flames and billows of smoke. These will destroy the fort’s outer walls and cause the defenders to capitulate. Mughal soldiers in…
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01 Mural, The art of War, Picasso Massacre in Korea, with footnotes
In the middle of a desolate landscape, with the ruins of destroyed buildings in the background, the drama of war against the civilian population: six soldiers are about to shoot a group of women and children. The military is portrayed as heartless robots, half-dressed with pieces of metal and helmets, while the innocent victims, naked,…
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02 Paintings, The art of War, Eugène Delacroixand Patrick Caulfield ‘s Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi, with footnotes
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi is an 1826 oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix, and now preserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. This painting was inspired by the Third Siege of Missolonghi by the Ottoman forces in 1826… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, The art of War, Clive Branson’s Blitz: Plane Flying, with footnotes
Blitz: Plane Flying is a surreal depiction of a working-class London street during the devastating air raids which lasted from September 1940 until January 1941. Branson was then living in Battersea which was affected by the nightly raids. The air raid shelter positioned in front of one of the houses is an indication of the imminent…
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01 Mural, The art of War, Picasso’s Guernica, with footnotes
On Monday, 26 April 1937, warplanes of the Nazi Germany Condor Legion, commanded by Colonel Wolfram von Richthofen, bombed Guernica for about two hours. In his 30 April 1937 journal entry von Richthofen noted that when the squadron arrived “there was smoke everywhere” from the attack by three aircraft, and since nobody could see the…
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01 Painting, The art of War, Clive Branson’s bombed Women and Searchlights, with footnotes
Bombed Women and Searchlights was painted in response to the London Blitz which began in September 1940. Branson was then living in Battersea where he would have witnessed at first hand the devastating air raids. In this painting he employs surrealistic juxtapositions and unusual perspectives to imbue the painting with a startling visual intensity, while…
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01 Mural, The art of War, Haifa Subay’s Women and War, with footnotes
‘Pain and hope have two different meanings, but they are associated with every experience of motherhood that a woman goes through. In the face of the ongoing conflict and its impact on women and children, women bring about an invisible engagement for peace. Women can play a bigger role in formal peace talks. This proxy…
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01 Painting, The art of War, Leonard Henry Rosoman’s Bomb Falling into Water, with footnotes
As a member of the National Fire Service, Rosoman had first-hand experience of fighting fires during German bombing raids. He was stationed in the East End of London, which was especially badly hit. He explained that Bomb Falling into Water was ‘painted in 1942 when I was in the N.F.S. and was the result of…
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