Beirut Downtown, Rainy Day (2021) Pittura da L'Orientaliste
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Opera d'arte originale (One Of A Kind)
Pittura,
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- Dimensioni Altezza 16in, Larghezza 12in
- Incorniciatura Questa opera d'arte non è incorniciata
- Categorie Quadri sotto i 500 USD Impressionismo Città
Presented here is a unique and symbolic pencil sketch brought to life with acrylics depicting the Al-Abed Clock Tower, a popular area in downtown Beirut. This colourful scene was executed by artist R Lawrence-Manasfi, globally recognised by her Orient flavour style of paintings.
Having got round to finally bringing the old sketch of the Rolex Clock Tower to life, the mood of the picture suggests a wet rain washed street looking toward the Al-Abed Clock Tower overshadowing the famous blue mosque, Mohammed Al-Amin with it's sparkling deep blue domes and towering minarets, a landmark in downtown Beirut and a dominant feature of Beirut's city skyline.
As you look down the pretty tree lined street in the picture we see the Rolex Clock Tower standing tall at the end surrounded by pretty lush leafy trees cascading around the famous Clock Tower and Lebanese flag flying high in front of the trees. Below on the pavement by the flag posts we see a passer-by holding a red umbrella.
Behind the Clock Tower and Blue Mosque which look golden in colour we see fragments of other city buildings to the far back of the painting.
As we cast our eye to the left side of the street we see a suggestion of the row of blue canopied cafe shops, with a couple of people under the blue canopies. Parked outside the shop units adjacent to the sidewalk stand a couple of colourful motorcycles one orange the other yellow.
The atmosphere of the street itself is fairly quiet which is wet from the rain fall, the sky is cloudy, pale blue in colour formed with yellowish clouds. In the centre of the street we see a couple arm in arm from the back view holding a large vibrant fuchsia coloured umbrella above them as they stroll towards the iconic Clock Tower.
The painting itself contains a lot of blue, purple and gold colour hues but still indicates a rainy day, the intensity and saturation of colours are the same throughout the painting which depicts city street life with a splash of romanticism. This piece is not my usual style of artwork but with this one, I challenged a different technique and style away from my comfort zone. It's always good to shake up the routine every now and then!
Brief about the Al-Abed Clock Tower and Square
The 1930’s clock bell tower is set in a square at the Place de l'Etoile, the Central District of Beirut. The clock is four faced (each side) bearing the Rolex name on the face of each clock, which is said to be gifted from Michel Abed, Lebanese-Brazilian to the Government.
The square is a recognisable icon of Beirut City popular with tourists and locals and the nearby restaurants and cafes. The square and surrounding streets are closed off to traffic.
Painting details:
The scene is presented on a superior quality canvas board painted with quality acrylics over pencil.
The size of the painting is 16 inches by 12 inches (406 x 305mm).
At present the painting is unframed and un varnished.
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Artist: R Lawrence-Manasfi
Temi correlati
Al-AbedMohammed Al-AminDowntown BeirutBlue MosqueLebanese Flags
Artist: Rozlynn M Lawrence-Manasfi
Genre: MENA Orientalist
Middle East and North African "MENA" artist, whose works predominantly represent orientalist era in the arts of ancient Middle East, North Africa, Egypt and Turkey, depicting scenes of Arabian pictorial history in landscape and figurative style.
Fantasy of the Orient
Her paintings are a romantic fantasy of the Orient, populated with exotic rich sensual and colourful scenes of worlds beyond Europe, illustrating rug sellers, dancers, harems, turbaned men in luscious velvet cloaks, the alluring odalisques, women in luxurious clothing, jewelled slippers, silks and velvet gowns with beautiful beaded embellishment, dusty bazaars, souks, snake charmers, with traders in the bustling Arabic markets, selling their wares of beautiful orient trinkets, hookah, lush decorative fabrics, beautiful textiles in vibrant glowing shimmering colours of red, green, gold, blue, yellow and pink, lavish tapestry, beautiful Arabesque tiles, mosques and architecture to the golden sands of the hot desert and palm trees, an oasis set in a mysterious far away land.
About the Artist
English autodidactic painter, born in London, grew up in the 1960's Shoreditch, London.
Her artistic influence expanded and blossomed with the introduction of Orientalism in art in the early 1980's. Beautifully vibrant and lush, she populated a series of Middle East, Orientalist scenes in Watercolour by famous artists Giulio Rosati and Antonio Gargiullo.
By the late 1980's she developed her own style, painting more in oils extending her skills to commissioned work for friends, painting their favourite subjects. In the 1990's a window opened to assist at a local community Sunday art club at Napier Grove N1, run by artists for the local community, thus proving opportunity to interact with other artists an opportunity to network, show and exhibit her works at the club, with encouragement to show and sell her paintings to a wider audience.
Exhibitions and Selling
In the past a handful of paintings were shown in the gallery space at the Lion and Lamb, Hoxton, she exhibited a painting in the London Mall Gallery in the 1980's, but rarely participate in exhibitions, painting being secondary to her main professional career, nevertheless the Artist has successfully sold most of her works, as demonstrated by the steady sales of her paintings in the UK and Europe to private clients and galleries.
A collection of her paintings can be viewed at her portfolio on the Artmajeur Gallery website. Details about the Artist are documented on Wikipedia.
Some much earlier paintings bear the FAR branding with FAR tags. These were documented on the Fine Art Registry (FAR) until FAR abandoned hundreds of artists without warning, the site went down in 2012 with no recovery of digital images. Fortunately, most digital images were curated on the Artmajeur platform.
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REGNO UNITO
- Data di nascita : 1958
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- Gruppi: Artisti Britannici Contemporanei
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