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Madi, Hussein, Lebanese (1938-) Oil on Canvas | Pintura de Hussein Madi (1938-)

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  • Measurements S:19" x 47", F: 26" x 54"

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Exotic landscape of an oasis with figures in Arab dress. Oil on canvas, in a polychrome and gilt frame.

Sight: 19 inches height, 47 inches width. Framed: 26 inches height, 54 inches width.

Although known primarily known as a modernist painter, inspired by Matisse and Picasso, this work is hightly figurative in nature.

Artist Bio: Hussein Madi (1938, Lebanon) is a Lebanese painter and sculptor.  He studied painting, sculpture and etching in Beirut (at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts) and Rome (at the Academia di Belle Arti). . He researched Egypt's and the  Arab world's cultural heritage, returning  to Lebanon in 1986 where taught sculpture and engraving at the institute of Fine Arts of the Lebanese University and, at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts from '58 to '62. He has exhibited in Europe since 1965, his art  showcased at the British Museum, the Venice Biennale and Tokyo's Ueno Museum.