Tag: Artists
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09 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan’s Alma and her soldiers are discovered, with footnotes
The enemy troops are many more than expected. Hiding, Alma with her lieutenants observe the enemy and decided not to engage… Please follow link for full post
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07 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan’s Alma and her soldiers search Gaza for suvivors, with footnotes
Having arrived too late to help in the fight, Alma and her Bedouin soldiers search the devastated streets of Gaza for survivors… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Massirat Sha’ab (Odyssey of a People), with Footnotes #76
Estimate for USD 800,000 – USD 900,000 in March 2017 ‘The painting was not just a means to beautifying one’s life, albeit essential in such a harsh and agonizing environment, but it was an expression of hope, an embodiment of the Palestinian wound, a mirror reflecting the Palestinians yearning for salvation and return.’ (The artist quoted…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Ismail Shammout’s Nahnou bi Kheyr, Taminouna/ We Are in Good Health, Reassure Us, with Footnotes #69
Sold for USD 161,000 in Mar 2015 The present lot Nahnou bi Kheir, Taminouna (We are in Good Health, Reassure us) from 1976, is seminal example from the artist’s earlier works. Shammout’s raw depiction of the Palestinian refugee experience was a recurring motif in his paintings and as such the present work illustrates a Palestinian…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Mahmoud Afifi’s The Resistance: I Have a Gun, with Footnotes #80
Sold for 32,760 GBP in October 2021 This painting is characteristic of Afifi’s “Hard Edge” style, which earned him the nickname of the “Egyptian Rouault”. The strong, thick black lines infuse a strong vitality to the scene. Afifi often used his signature technique to reclaim historic battles as a symbol of regional resistance. Under his brush,…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Félix Vallotton’s Verdun, with footnotes
Vallotton visited the front lines and trenches of the eastern front during WWI; and produced a series of 14 canvases. This one, christened “Verdun,” refers to the place that has come to symbolize World War I, where more than 600,000 soldiers from both sides perished in 1916. Deciding against painting the destructive “forces” themselves, Vallotton opted…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Niki de Saint Phalle’s La Mort, with footnotes
Estimate for 40,000 – 60,000 USD in May 2024 Niki de Saint Phalle paired bold, jubilant, and cartoonish feminine forms with dark and disturbing material in her multifaceted artistic career. Throughout, she continually disrupted long-held conventions in art, and her iconoclastic approach to her identity and society at large made her an early and important voice…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan, A father and his daughters, with footnotes
Hiding in a dimly lit cave, a father holds a lantern and tries to reassures his scared daughters of their well being and the inevitable end to the chaos they hear all around them. Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine Art, Portrait of a Lady, The Orientalist, Art of the Nude and The Canals of Venice, Middle East Artists, 365 Saints, 365 Days,…
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04 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan’s Alma Joins the Battle, with footnotes
Alma, adorned in ornate Arab armor, suffering battle weariness as mud dulls the sheen of her attire, clash with the enemy. Dust billowing against an arid battlefield backdrop… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan, Hungry and desperate they hide from the carnage above, with footnotes
A Mother suffused by the radiant light filtering softly through the depths of the cave, imbibing from a carafe thoughtfully offers what little water is left to her daughter. Her hair cascading around her, bathing in what little natural light the is; meanwhile, her child finding comfort in draping herself in her lap, their allure…
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02 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan, Alma and her warriors engage the enemy, with footnotes
Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock…” Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Thirst, A part of the original mural “The Road To Nowhere”, with Footnotes #76
“We came and turned the native Arabs into tragic refugees. And still we dare to slander and malign them, to besmirch their name. Instead of being deeply ashamed of what we did and trying to undo some of the evil we committed . . . we justify our terrible acts and even attempt to glorify…
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01 Painting, The Art of War, Leander Russ’ The Turks Storm the Lion’s Bastion, with Footnotes
The Battle of Kahlenberg on September 12, 1683 ended the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna . A German – Polish relief army under the leadership of the Polish King John III. Sobieski defeated the Ottoman army . The defeat marked the beginning of the end of Turkish hegemonic politics . On the Christian side, the combined…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan, Having escaped, Alma is back in the desert, with footnotes
After days in jail, Elma has finally escaped and is back in the desert, ready to pursue her harassment of the enemy. Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live…
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01 Painting, African Artists, Art of War, Oussama Diabs Theatre, Gaza, with Footnotes
On sale for US$4,600 in May 2024 Born in 1977, in Damascus, Oussama Diab is a Palestinian contemporary artist based in Lebanon. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 2002. Diab has worked through various painting styles, often combining different forms and techniques in a single composition. His early works amassed paintings in…
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01 Painting, African Artists, Art of War, Mohamed Abdalla Otaybi’s Against Violence, with Footnotes
Sold for £3,200 in May 2023 Mohamed Abdalla Otaybi was born in 1948 in Dewaim and now lives and works in Omdurman. He is a graphic designer, cartoonist and teacher, and one of the best-known contemporary artists in Sudan. He has had exhibitions in different parts of the world and has been awarded a couple of awards in…
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During her last raid on the enemy Alma was captured and thrown in a dungeon
A still photo, Pre-Raphaelite style painting of an elegant, slender Arabian warrior woman with flowing dark red hair, clad in delicately ornate yet scant Arab armor, revealing mud-spattered legs, arms, and midriff beneath a veneer of battle weariness, positioned gracefully on the stone floor of a dimly lit, medieval dungeon cell, her curvaceous form bathed…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Eugenio Lucas Velázquez’s The Ambush, with footnotes
The theme of travellers waylaid by bandits was a common one in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century painting as the Napoleonic wars brought chaos and lawlessness to many parts of Europe. Criminals, deserters and the remnants of defeated armies often turned to highway robbery as the social order collapsed. More on this painting Eugenio Lucas…
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, LAILA SHAWA’s THE SOUK IN GAZA, with footnotes
Sold for 12,600 GBP in October 2020 This canvas by internationally acclaimed artist, Laila Shawa is of considerable historical significance within her artistic oeuvre. ‘The Souk’ was part of Shawa’s first solo exhibition in Gaza in 1965 entitled ‘Contrast and Contradictions’ – one year after her graduation from the Academy of Fine Art in Rome. Thereafter,…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Khadiga Riaz’s Untitled, with Footnotes #81
Sold for 6,300 GBP in October 2021 Khadiga Riad was the daughter of Hamed El Alaily and grand daughter of Ahmed Chawki, born in 1914 in Cairo, Egypt, studied at the Mere de Dieu college and from 1950 to 1954. She is regarded as Egypt’s foremost female surrealist. Riad has many variations in the spelling of her…
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