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Item Ships From: Africa
"Le Chat II" Oil Painting 20" x 17" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Le Chat II" Oil Painting 20" x 17" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a r...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Alpine Village II" Pastel Painting 9" x 12" in (1975) by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village II" Pastel Painting 9" x 12" in (1975) by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Cactus Collage" Still Life Painting 55" x 63" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus Collage" Still Life Painting 55" x 63" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Tales I" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Tales I" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"The Hourglass" Abstract Painting 39" x 27.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
By Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Hourglass" Abstract Painting 39" x 27.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old masters.
Abdel Malak textured oils are a celebration of the female identity in every sense of the word. His beautiful faces and suave figures grace the canvases together embracing our Egyptian architectural monuments creating a powerful dialogue between women’s identity, her rights, her suffering and our heritage and what it holds in its historical meanings and the deteriorating state.
Graduate from the faculty of Fine Arts, Minia University, Graphic Design Department. Illustrator for Sabah El Kheir & Rosalyoussef, Egyptian local magazines.
Practice Sculpture.
Participant in the 1st Child’s Biennale workshop “Fantasia 1”, Cairo 2003.
Won the silver medal in the International Competition of “SHANKERS World Association”, India 1993.
Exhibitions:
Private Art Works Exhibition at Cairo Gallery, 2001.
Public Exhibition at Ahmed Shawky Museum, Cairo 2001.
Public Exhibition at Mahmoud Said...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media
"Cairo" Abstract Painting 39" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cairo" Abstract Painting 39" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Potted Cactus" Still Life Oil Painting 47" x 55" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Potted Cactus" Still Life Oil Painting 47" x 55" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Pigeon Huts" Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pigeon Huts" Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas are captured with a cultured ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Arabian Cafe II” Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Arabian Cafe II” Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concep...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Prickly Pear Ears II" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prickly Pear Ears II" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Bathing Nude III" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bathing Nude III" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Signed and dated 1959
A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal:
Wit...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Corniche" Figurative Oil Painting 31" x 31" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Corniche" Figurative Oil Painting 31" x 31" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night Horse" Figurative Painting 15" x 13" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Night Horse" Figurative Painting 15" x 13" inch by Ahmed Saber
Medium: acrylic, ink & colored pencil on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Retrospection (Gelede) - African Portrait Painting with Traditional Yoruba Mask
Located in Ibadan, NG
Retrospection (Gelede) is a visually elegant and symbolically potent portrait by Nigerian contemporary artist Bukola Orioye, whose work consistently explores the interweaving of iden...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
circa 1960
Signed
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Supplications I - Contemporary Figurative Spiritual Painting
Located in Boston, MA
A World in Her Hand
48.0 x 48.0 x 1.5, 3.0 lbs
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"'Supplication' is a series of artworks that delve into the complex interplay between humanity and the divine. The series explores the universal theme of earnestly seeking assistance, guidance, or solace from a higher power. Each piece encapsulates the raw emotions of vulnerability, humility, and reliance on the unseen forces that shape our lives. Whether through abstract symbolism or intricate representations."
About the Artist:
Esther Oyeyemi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"La Barque” Landscape Oil Painting 5" x 8" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Barque” Landscape Oil Painting 5" x 8" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled 4" Abstract Painting 47" x 71" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4" Abstract Painting 47" x 71" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from the Faculty of Art & Education located in Zamalek Cairo, Egypt. Granting him his first appearance during 2015, in the Faculty of Art & Education exhibition at El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre located in Zamalek. Ever since, Dafrawy’s artworks have been exhibited, noticed, and recognized by collectors, artists, and curators with an early certificate of recognition from the minister of culture Emad Abu Ghazy at Lamasatt Art Gallery located in downtown, Cairo, during the same year.
Born in 1982, the Egyptian artist started exploring art at an early age. At the age of 11, he won the Princess Nouf award at a drawing competition in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Fayoum Felluca" Landscape Painting 47" x 59" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Felluca" Landscape Painting 47" x 59" inch by Mohamed Abla
Not signed. Circa 2010
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Entangled" Abstract painting 47" x 31.5" inch by Maged Mikhail
By Maged Mekhail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Entangled" Abstract painting 47" x 31.5" inch by Maged Mikhail
ARTIST BIO:
Maged Mikhail was born in the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag in 1982. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, to graduate in 2004 with a major in Monumental Sculpture.
His apprenticeship with the renowned Artist, Adam Henein, for nearly six years after graduation, was a cornerstone in his artistic development.
He then received the Ministry of Culture’s full production sponsorship in the period between 2008 and 2011. During that time, he worked with different materials, sculpting in plaster, bronze, and stone, as well as producing ink drawings on paper. To this day, he works with all these mediums.
Mikhail’s work focuses on ancient civilizations and collective heritage and seeks to understand their connection with everyday contemporary life. This direction began to take shape in his work starting in 2013. By 2016 he had developed an approach to Ancient Egyptian art and found his way of transforming it into abstract and contemporary sculpture.
His current influences are two main elements: Architecture (Ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and Islamic) and Hieroglyphic symbols.
The influence of architecture can be seen in the clean, geometric lines of his compositions and also in his approach with monumental pieces of public art. The Hieroglyphics are integrated into Mikhail’s work as abstracted sculptural interpretations. A sculpture then becomes a word to be both reads and viewed as an image.
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2005-2010 Studied Sculpture under Egyptian Artist Adam Henein
2008 -2011 Egyptian Ministry of Culture Scholarship
Exhibitions
2020 Solo exhibition, Karim Francis Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Cactus Bouquet" Oil Painting 55" x 47" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus Bouquet" Oil Painting 55" x 47" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Expectation II" Figurative Oil Painting 48" x 25.5" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Expectation II" Figurative Oil Painting 48" x 25.5" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A World in Her Hand - Contemporary Figurative Childhood Painting
Located in Boston, MA
A World in Her Hand
48.0 x 48.0 x 1.5, 3.0 lbs
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"'A World in Her Hand' beautifully captures the essence of a little girl's exploration of her creative abilities and the limitless possibilities that lie within her grasps."
About the Artist:
Esther...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Budding Bonds - Contemporary Figurative Childhood Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Budding Bonds
16.0 x 20.0 x 1.5, 2.0 lbs
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Budding bond In this heartfelt artwork, I portrayed two little girls kneel on a lush carpet of grass, their eyes filled with innocence and wonder. With hands joined together, they delicately cradle a vibrant bunch of flowers, their shared treasure. The soft sunlight filtering through the foliage create a serene scene, capturing the beauty of childhood friendship and the simple joy found in nature's gifts. The artwork encapsulates a moment of unity and discovery as the two girls bond over the delicate beauty of the flowers they hold."
About the Artist:
Esther Oyeyemi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"AD 2.23" Abstract Painting 71" x 79" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"AD 2.23" Abstract Painting 71" x 79" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Favela III" Painting 18" x 20" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Favela III" Painting 18" x 20" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas are captured with a cultured pal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Caesar" (FRAMED) Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Caesar" (FRAMED) Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dervish Pair" Figurative Painting 55" x 51" inch by Rana Chalabi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dervish Pair" Figurative Painting 55" x 51" inch by Rana Chalabi
Rana Chalabi is an established Syrian/Lebanese artist who lived in Cairo for over 35 years and now lives between Be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Favela I" Painting 17" x 20" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Favela I" Painting 17" x 20" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas are captured with a cultured palet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Fayoum Lake Miniature I" Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Lake Miniature I" Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"El Omda" Figurative Oil Painting 19" x 19" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Omda" Figurative Oil Painting 19" x 19" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled 1" Abstract Painting 55" x 79" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1" Abstract Painting 55" x 79" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from the Faculty of Art & Education located in Zamalek Cairo, Egypt. Granting him his first appearance during 2015, in the Faculty of Art & Education exhibition at El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre located in Zamalek. Ever since, Dafrawy’s artworks have been exhibited, noticed, and recognized by collectors, artists, and curators with an early certificate of recognition from the minister of culture Emad Abu Ghazy at Lamasatt Art Gallery located in downtown, Cairo, during the same year.
Born in 1982, the Egyptian artist started exploring art at an early age. At the age of 11, he won the Princess Nouf award at a drawing competition in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Parodia Magnifica" Still Life Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Parodia Magnifica" Still Life Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
Signed by the artist
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his child...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"El Moez Street 2" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Moez Street 2" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Waves of Life" Painting 28" x 20" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
By Tasneem El Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Waves of Life" Painting 28" x 20" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Acrylic on wood
Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of the chaoti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Prickly Pear Ears I" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prickly Pear Ears I" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of the Av...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Fisherman" (FRAMED) Figurative Oil Painting 27.5" x 19" in by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fisherman" (FRAMED) Figurative Oil Painting 27.5" x 19" in by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three deca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lady in Waiting II" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lady in Waiting II" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Waiting II" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 19" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Waiting II" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 19" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Ink & Acrylic on Paper. Signed
Signed
The selection of Abd Elmalak...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
"Multicolor Dervish" Figurative Painting 55" x 34" inch by Rana Chalabi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Multicolor Dervish" Figurative Painting 55" x 34" inch by Rana Chalabi
Rana Chalabi is an established Syrian/Lebanese artist who lived in Cairo for over 35 years and now lives betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Minaret" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Minaret" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas are captured with a cultured palett...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"On the Rock” Landscape Oil Painting 12" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"On the Rock” Landscape Oil Painting 12" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism.
Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again.
The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty.
Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016
Safar Khan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brown Impressionistic Oil on Canvas Figurative Street Scene "On Guard"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique oil painting, drawing heavily from the post-impressionist movement. A gloomy night-time street scene, typical of Glanville's work, depicting two figures in earthy colours.
O...
Category
2010s Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,990 Sale Price
25% Off
"Waiting I" Figurative Painting 27" x 21" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Waiting I" Figurative Painting 27" x 21" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Ink & Acrylic on Paper.
Signed & dated
The selection of Abd Elmalak’s drawings is reflective of a compositional method that is based on free-flowing and distinct lines and contours that he uses to amalgamate caricature-Esque female figures with monuments and landmarks from his travels, script, animals, and natural elements into interconnected and unified tapestries. His selected paintings explore themes of entrapment, companionship, oppression, emancipation, and faith, which he explores and animate through his demure and virtuous women subjects...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
"A Walk of Life 2" Abstract Painting 39" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"A Walk of Life 2" Abstract Painting 39" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course comp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled 98" Abstract Painting 79" x 55" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 98" Abstract Painting 79" x 55" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Japanese Vista I" Landscape Painting 8" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Japanese Vista I" Landscape Painting 8" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gener...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Derviche II” Figurative Painting 31" x 31" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Derviche II” Figurative Painting 31" x 31" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism.
Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again.
The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty.
Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016
Safar Khan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
Dark Impressionistic Oil on Canvas Figurative Night Scene "Farm Watch"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique oil painting, drawing heavily from the post-impressionist movement.
A gloomy night-time scene, typical of Glanville's work.
Oil on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Shadow f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,592 Sale Price
25% Off
"Woman in Red Turban” Portrait Oil Painting 63x47 in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Woman in Red Turban” Portrait Oil Painting 63x47 in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism.
Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again.
The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty.
Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither.
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Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016
Safar Khan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Embracing" Abstract Painting 24" x 47" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Embracing" Abstract Painting 24" x 47" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"India I" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 21" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"India I" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 21" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 19...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Fayoum Studio 3" Figurative Oil Painting 27.5" x 31" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Studio 3" Figurative Oil Painting 27.5" x 31" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished scho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blumen" Abstract Painting 20" x 20" inch by Kinda Adly
By Kinda Adly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Blumen" Abstract Painting 20" x 20" inch by Kinda Adly
Kinda Adly, born in Egypt in 1989, is a self-taught artist. She grew up in Egypt and currently l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Fayoum Lake Miniature II" Landscape Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Lake Miniature II" Landscape Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Cartwheels" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cartwheels" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Henna Night II" Figurative Oil Painting 20" x 29.5" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Henna Night II" Figurative Oil Painting 20" x 29.5" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Woman & Rabbit" Figurative Charcoal Painting 20" x 20" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Woman & Rabbit" Figurative Charcoal Painting 20" x 20" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, Acrylic
"New Soul" Mixed media Painting 71" x 35" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
By Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"New Soul" Mixed media Painting 71" x 35" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old masters.
Abdel Malak textured oils are a celebration of the female identity in every sense of the word. His beautiful faces and suave figures grace the canvases together embracing our Egyptian architectural...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
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