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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JustGiving, York Road, London, UK
Beirut Crisis
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/r-lawrence6
I am raising funds in support of the devastating and catastrophic explosion which tore across the City of Beirut on 4th July 2020.
Approximately 137 killed and possibly more leaving with thousands injured. The explosion reported caused by 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, a toxic gas, which had been stored unsafely for six years in a warehouse.
The horrific explosions happened at the Capital's Port, which has led to a state of emergency. Around 300,00 are homeless and food stocks destroyed. The explosion destroyed several hospitals in the city, taking three out of service, and forced other hospitals to turn away patients, with some forced to treat patients in the street due to serve damage. At least 5 nurses died on Tuesday 4th July.
Before this tragic blast in Lebanon's capital on Tuesday, the country was already weak suffering an economic crisis, rolling blackouts and global Covid.19 pandemic.
About Lebanon
Lebanon has it scars from civil war during 1975 to 1990 but Tuesday's tragedy is one of the worst in Mankind.
One upon a time Lebanon was referred to as “Switzerland of the Middle East” before the civil war in the country. Today, the country is still enriched with social history and cultural memory however now it's people need our help.
Original oil Painting give-away raffle
In an attempt to raise some vital funding for the crisis in Beirut, I have decided to raffle one of my paintings of Beirut City
https://www.artmajeur.com/en/orientaliste/artworks/13464155/marina-de-beyrouth.
Those who would like to participate in the raffle please do let me have your details. Details of the winner will be updated here and on facebook, details to follow.
The first £1 will count as entry.
This is non-profit to me, I promise to be transparent regarding all monies donated and spent on the Lebanese disaster.
I'd be very grateful if you could help me reach my target of £1000, no matter how small.
Thank you for your kind support.
Crise de Beyrouth
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/r-lawrence6
Je lève des fonds pour soutenir l'explosion dévastatrice et catastrophique qui a ravagé la ville de Beyrouth le 4 juillet 2020.
Environ 137 tués et peut-être plus partant avec des milliers de blessés. L'explosion signalée a été causée par 2 750 tonnes métriques de nitrate d'ammonium, un gaz toxique, qui avait été stocké de manière non sécuritaire pendant six ans dans un entrepôt.
Les horribles explosions se sont produites au port de la capitale, ce qui a conduit à un état d'urgence. Environ 300 000 sont sans abri et les stocks de nourriture détruits. L'explosion a détruit plusieurs hôpitaux de la ville, en mettant trois hors service, et a forcé d'autres hôpitaux à refuser des patients, certains étant contraints de soigner des patients dans la rue en raison de dommages causés. Au moins 5 infirmières sont décédées le mardi 4 juillet.
Avant cette explosion tragique dans la capitale libanaise mardi, le pays était déjà faible et souffrait d'une crise économique, de pannes de courant continuelles et d'une pandémie mondiale de Covid.19.
À propos du Liban
Le Liban a des séquelles de la guerre civile de 1975 à 1990, mais la tragédie de mardi est l'une des pires de l'humanité.
Il était une fois le Liban appelé «Suisse du Moyen-Orient» avant la guerre civile dans le pays. Aujourd'hui, le pays est encore riche en histoire sociale et en mémoire culturelle, mais maintenant ses habitants ont besoin de notre aide.
Tirage au sort original de peinture à l'huile
Dans une tentative de lever des fonds essentiels pour la crise à Beyrouth, j'ai décidé de tirer au sort une de mes peintures de la ville de Beyrouth
https://www.artmajeur.com/en/orientaliste/artworks/13464155/marina-de-beyrouth
Ceux qui voudraient participer au tirage au sort s'il vous plaît laissez-moi vos coordonnées. Les détails du gagnant seront mis à jour ici et sur facebook, les détails à suivre.
Le premier £ 1 comptera comme entrée.
C'est à but non lucratif pour moi, je promets d'être transparent en ce qui concerne toutes les sommes d'argent données et dépensées pour la catastrophe libanaise.
Je vous serais très reconnaissant de bien vouloir m'aider à atteindre mon objectif de 1000 £, aussi petit soit-il.
Merci pour votre soutien.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/r-lawrence6
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, UK
This wonderful and rare exhibition at the British Museum, London displays the fascination of orientalism and cultural history and artistic interactions between East and West. The exhibition explores the impact the Islamic world has had on Western art for centuries.
If your an avid art lover of the orientalist movement I recommend a visit to this fantastic exhibition.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/inspired-east-how-islamic-world-influenced-western-art
Lebanon is the most beautiful country in Middle East. It’s landscape is idyllic and diverse and has the tallest mountains of the region, skiing resorts, large forests, green fields and beautiful seaside.
One interesting landmark in Raouche are the eye catching, Iconic pair of rocks known as Pigeons' Rock,
Raouché ( الروشة), is a residential and commercial neighbourhood in Beirut. The area is known for it’s upscale apartment buildings, various restaurants and cliff-side cafés which line Avenue de Paris and forms part of the Corniche Beirut.
Raouche is famous for it’s Pigeon Rocks, a 60-meter high offshore rock pair, which were formed in the prehistoric era by a geologic movement and been a feature of city life for more than 7,000 years. The rocks sit like gigantic sentinels on the Mediterranean sea coast, a beautiful spot, especially during sunset.
When I was young Lebanon was referred to as “Switzerland of the Middle East” before the civil war in the country. Today, the country is still enriched with social history and cultural memory.
Despite the country’s scars from civil war during 1975 to 1990, it still remains beautiful today, offering a scenic haven for Artists to capture it’s enchantingly beautiful landscapes as they did back in the 19th century.
But this much loved Mediterranean Middle Eastern jewel with it’s beautiful landmarks, I feel are still not widely recognised and appreciated which inspired me to show off the city’s beauty by exposing and painting this beautiful sparkling Mediterranean sunset scene of these iconic Raouche rocks on canvas to be enjoyed and shared worldwide. Entitled: The Iconic Pigeon Rocks Raouche, Beirut (2018).
Thank you.
The Artist.
Certificate Artmajeur Art Award
51 Southwark St, London SE1 1RU
ArtGemini Prize 6th Edition ArtGeminiPrize 2018
The ArtGemini Prize is a celebration to promote international contemporary art for emerging and established artists around the world.
It is an independent competition, open to all artists from anywhere in the world. Applicants must be aged 18 or over. The winners will be announced at an exhibition of the finalists’ works in London.
Sunny Art Centre 30 Gray's Inn Rd London WC1X 8HR
The Sunny Art Award is an international art prize hosted by Sunny Art Centre, London. This fine art competition is a global platform. It gives an opportunity to emerging and established artists to showcase their artworks internationally both in China and the UK. Their works will represent a diversity of art and culture, from two-dimensional works such as paintings, drawings and photography to three-dimensional sculptures, ceramics and jewellery. It will promote an exchange between the creativity of Eastern and Western cultures.
The Mall, London, UK
Society of Marine Artists annual exhibition
Pencil sketch - work in progress
2008 Silver ArtMajeur Award,
2018 Silver Artmajeur Award
<a href="https://www.artmajeur.com/en/art-awards/178057/lorientaliste" title="Artmajeur Award 2018"><img src="/0/images/icon_trophy.gif" alt="l'orientaliste Award 2018" style="margin-right:10px;" /></a><h2><a href="https://www.artmajeur.com/en/art-awards/178057/lorientaliste" title="Artmajeur Award 2018"><strong>Silver Award 2018</strong> Attributed to l'orientaliste</a></h2><a href="https://www.artmajeur.com/en/art-awards/178057/lorientaliste" title="Artmajeur Award 2018"> </a>
Orientalist art is enjoying a critical reappraisal, which in London is expressed both by increased activity in the orientalist art market and by the forthcoming major exhibition at the London TATE gallery entitled "THE LURE OF THE EAST: British Orientalist Painting 1830-1925".
The exhibition opens on 4 June and run to the end of August 2008. It is organised in assosiation with the Yale Centre for British Art in the USA, which has the largest and most comphrensive collection of British art outside the UK. The exhibition first opened at the Yale Centre, in February and after its London run will travel in October to the Pera Museum, Instanbul, after which it will be transferred to the Sharjah Art Museum for the period between February and April 2009.
The exhibition is the first to survey the history of British painters' representations of the Middle East from 17th century to the early years of the 20th century. The heyday of Orientalist art was the 19th century, when steam engines were first used in travel, making it possible for artist to travel to the Middle East easily. They often reached their destination by way of Spain, Morocco, Greece and the Balkans.
There are more than 120 paintings, prints and drawings on show, lent by galleries and private collections around the worls, The exhibition features major artists such as William Holman Hunt, Lord Leighton John frederick Lewis and Richard Dadd.
