Tag: Ismail Shammout
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Ismail Shammout’s Memories and a Firebrand, with Footnotes #82
Shammout always made it a point to never cease depicting the Palestinian exodus in his work. Living under harsh conditions and haunting experiences, as a child he was forced to flee from his home during the Nakba of 1948 and traveled on foot to settle in a refugee camp. He documented that march of death,…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s The wounded, with Footnotes #77
Young Palestinian holding a bleeding dove looking back with grief Ismail Shammout (1930 – 2006) was a Palestinian artist and art historian. Shammout was born in 1930 in Lydda. On July 12, 1948, he and his family were amongst 25,000 residents of Lydda expelled from their homes by Israeli occupation. The Shammout family moved to the…
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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, 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 Work, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Al- Tariq/ The Way, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 150,000 in Oct 2019 Al Tariq (The Way) reflects the tone of the dramatic and tragic events which unfolded in Palestine during the 1950s forward. The mastery in figurative execution of the piece highlights the many faces of a deeply affected crowd. As suggested by the title, the aggravated crowd is on the way, moving…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Halo of Light, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 137,500 in Oct 2018 In the present scene, a Palestinian Feda’i guerilla fighter is enshrined by a luminous white light, inferred by the title to be a luminous halo; the man rests beneath an olive tree. While simple in its depicted subjects, the scene is ripe with powerful symbolism and irony; as the work…
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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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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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Ismail Shammout, Al- Tariq (The Way) 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 46
Ismail Shammout (1930 – 2006) was a Palestinian artist and art historian. Shammout was born in 1930 in Lydda. On July 12, 1948, he and his family were amongst 25,000 residents of Lydda expelled from their homes by Israeli occupation. The Shammout family moved to the Gaza refugee camp of Khan-Younes. In 1950 Shammout went to…
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