Tag: Jerusalem
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01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Jamil Molaeb’s Jerusalem, with Footnotes, #63
Estimated for $7,000 USD – $10,000 USD in May 2025 Jamil Molaeb (1948) was born in Baissour, Lebanon. He started his artistic career in the seventies, after training under renowned artists such as Chafic Abboud and Paul Guiragossian at the Fine Arts Institute of the Lebanese University. In 1967, 18 years old Jamil Molaeb won the 3rd…
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01 Work, The art of War, Francesco Hayez’s The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, with Footnotes
After the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, the Jews of the Kingdom of Judea went into exile. In 538 BCE during the reign of Cyrus the Great, the Jews returned to Jerusalem and were able to build the Second Temple on the site of the original one…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Jamil Molaeb’s Jerusalem, with Footnotes #66
Sold for 9,450 GBP in October 2022 The city of Jerusalem was a subject that Jamil Molaeb returned to over and over. In a succession of almost identical canvases, the artist repeated, with very slight variations of themes and colours, small architectural and figural elements inherent to the city whilst hinting at universal symbols. This work…
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01 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Hosni Radwan’s City of Paradoxes 6, with Footnotes #76
The city of Jerusalem is the focus of Hosni Radwan’s latest series of artworks. Using charcoal, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas, he attempts to express his fascination with a city haunted by shades of paradoxes. The minute Radwan saw Jerusalem, after living in the diaspora most of his life, he fell in love with it.…
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20 Works, June 26th. is Pierre-Jules Jollivet’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #173
According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam’s companion. Pierre-Jules Jollivet (26 June 1794, Paris — 7 September 1871, Paris) was a French painter and lithographer who worked mostly in the Romantic style and is largely known for genre scenes. Please…
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Farid Belkahia; JERUSALEM 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #30
Farid Belkahia (1934–2014) was born into a wealthy bourgeois family in Marrakech. He grew up with his father’s art collection, and his further artistic awakening would take place within his father’s circle of friends. From about 1950, Belkahia took classes in Teslar’s studio. During these years, and prior to his departure from Morocco, Belkahia distanced himself…
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04 Works, Today, January 22nd, Saint Anastasius’ Day, With Footnotes – 22
Saint Anastasius of Persia was originally a Zoroastrian cavalryman in the army of Khosrau II (r. 590–628), and participated in capture of the True Cross in Jerusalem, which was carried to the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon. The occasion prompted him to ask for information about the Christian religion. He then experienced a conversion of faith, left the army,…
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Hosni Radwan; Jerusalem #6. 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 34
Hosni Radwan was born in Baghdad in 1955. He studied fine arts at the University of Baghdad specializing in graphics. He held a number of solo exhibitions in Iraq, Lebanon, Cyprus, Japan and Palestine. Radwan took part in international biennales including those of Berlin, Cairo and Sharja. He left Baghdad in 1979 and headed to Beirut…
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HOSNI RADWAN, Jerusalem #3, c. 2018 51 YEARS OF OCCUPATION 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 15
The overwhelming significance of the physicality of Jerusalem as a national symbol permeates many of the artworks. The iconic representation of the Dome of the Rock comes to the fore as some artists celebrate the city via exceptionally colourful works Hosni Radwan was born in Baghdad in 1955. He studied fine arts at the University of…
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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 22nd, Saint Anastasius’ Day, With Footnotes – 22
Saint Anastasius of Persia was originally a Zoroastrian cavalryman in the army of Khosrau II (r. 590–628), and participated in capture of the True Cross in Jerusalem, which was carried to the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon. The occasion prompted him to ask for information about the Christian religion. He then experienced a conversion of faith, left the army, became…