Girl with a Lute. 1969. Oil Painting & Gold Leaf. Djevojka sa Lutnjom. Byzantine
By Mersad Berber
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
This original painting highlighted with gold leaf by Mersad Berber, dating from 1969, is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and behind non-reflective glass (Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass).
The frame dimensions are 51cm high x 44.5cm wide. The visible painting is 34cm high x 27.5cm wide (13.4inches high x 10.8inches wide).
This vintage painting is in superb condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The painting is signed lower right.
Mersad Berber is one of the most significant and best-known contemporary artists in the world. His achievements are all the more incredible because he was a member of Bosnia’s Muslim community and lived through the chaos of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. He achieved an unprecedented degree of international celebrity for an artist from this region; during his lifetime had exhibitions in London, Hamburg, Istanbul, Chicago, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Madrid, Zurich and New York. In 2009 a large retrospective was held in Barcelona, covering the whole of his career.
Berber was born in Bosanski Petrovac, Yugoslavia in 1940. He was the eldest son of Muhammed Berber and Sadika Berber, a well-known weaver and embroiderer. The family moved to Banja Luka...
Category
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Mersad Berber Art