FATEH MOUDARRES (SYRIA, 1922-1999)

The Goodbye

細節

FATEH MOUDARRES (SYRIA, 1922-1999)
The Goodbye
signed 'Moudarres' and signed again in Arabic (lower right); signed and dated 'Moudarres 1966', signed again in Arabic, countersigned and dated 'Moudarres 1993' and countersigned again in Arabic (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 3/8 x 27½in. (90 x 70cm.)
Painted in 1966

來源

Private collection, Damascus.
Acquired from the above by the present owner

拍品專文

The harsh realities of life in Syria pushed artists towards using expressionistic language in their paintings. Verisimilitude was not sought, but rather the subjects were presented as they felt rather than as they appeared. In the work of Fateh Moudarres, one of the most prominent of this group, the faces in his crowds are the faces of children, repeated and distorted to demonstrate their tragedy, executed in a broad style and in vivid colour.