Tag: Arthur Melville
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07 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #15
Ismail Gulgee, 1926 – 2007, PAKISTANI UNTITLED (DANCING WOMAN), c. 1967 Oil on canvas 120 by 90 cm.; 47 1/4 by 35 3/8 in. Private collection This large-scale work of a dancing woman is an excellent example of Ismail Gulgee’s early painterly style, highlighting the artist’s sensitive treatment of colour. The rendition of the jewellery…
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12 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 17
Arthur Melville, (1858–1904) A Moorish Procession, Tangier, c. 1893 Watercolour on paper 59.30 x 79.80 cm National Galleries of Scotland Melville conveys the atmospheric clamour of a local parade led by drummers and pipers. He evokes its exotic character, underlined by the colourful clothes and hooded cloaks of the participants, with his ‘blottesque’ technique. The resulting…
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