Mahmoud Sabri, 1927 - 2012, Iraqi
CROSS BEARER , After Bosch (below), c. 1960
Oil on canvas
73.7 by 83.9 cm.; 29 by 33 in.
Private collection
Mahmoud Sabri, 1927 - 2012, was an Iraqi
painter, considered as one of the pioneers of Iraqi modern art and one of the
pillars of modernism in Iraqi Art.
Born in
Baghdad, Iraq, died on 13th April 2012 in Maidenhead, England. Studied social
sciences at Loughborough University (England) in the late 1940s. While in
England, his interest in painting developed and he attended evening art classes
there. After a successful career in banking, he became a full-time painter.
In the
1950s he pioneered the painting of social and political issues. Later he
studied art formally at the Surikov Institute for Art in Moscow 1961-1963. In
1963 he moved to Prague. In the late 1960s he started working on linking art
and science.
He was
actively involved in Iraq's arts community through his membership of various
art groups. Led by his contemporary, Faeq Hassan (1914-1992), this group was
inspired by Mespotamian art, Iraqi folklore and the 12th and 13th-century poets
of the Baghdad School.
In 1971, he published his Manifesto of the New Art of
Quantum Realism, QR. An application of scientific method in the field of
art. QR graphically represents the atomic level of reality using building
blocks based on the atomic light spectra of elements in nature. He continued to
work on developing QR until his death. He had several publications on art,
philosophy and politics in Arabic and English. More on Mahmoud Sabri
Hieronymus Bosch or follower (circa 1450 –1516)
Christ Carrying the Cross, Between 1510 and 1535
Oil on panel
76.7 cm (30.1 in); Width: 83.5 cm (32.8 in)
Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
Hieronymus Bosch (1450 – 1516) was
an Early Netherlandish painter. His work is known for its fantastic imagery,
detailed landscapes, and illustrations of religious concepts and narratives.
Within his lifetime his work was collected in the Netherlands, Austria, and
Spain, and widely copied, especially his macabre and nightmarish depictions of
hell.
Little is known of Bosch's life, though there are some
records. He spent most of it in the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, where he was born
in his grandfather's house. The roots of his forefathers are in Aachen, in
present-day Germany. His pessimistic and fantastical style cast a wide
influence on northern art of the 16th century, with Pieter Bruegel the Elder
being his best known follower. His paintings have been difficult to translate
from a modern point of view; attempts to associate instances of modern sexual
imagery with fringe sects or the occult have largely failed. Today he is seen
as a hugely individualistic painter with deep insight into man's desires and
deepest fears. Attribution has been especially difficult; today only about 25
paintings are confidently given to his hand along with 8 drawings.
Approximately another half dozen paintings are confidently attributed to his
workshop. His most acclaimed works consist of a few triptych altarpieces, the
most outstanding of which is The Garden of Earthly Delights. More on Hieronymus Bosch
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