L’Ermite (The Hermit, 1993)*
Description
Size: 80 x 80 cm; 31.5 x 31.5 in
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed, titled and dated
Provenance
Private Collection, France (acquired directly from the artist).
This artwork is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Location
Paris, France
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Description
Abdallah Benanteur (1931-2017) was an Algerian painter and engraver. He was born in the coastal town of Mostaganem, where he was initiated into poetry by his father and into music by his uncle. After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Oran, Benanteur travelled to Paris in 1953 with Mohammad Khadda. At that time, the art scene in the French capital was full of ideological battles around modernity and abstraction. Raoul-Jean Moulin hails Benanteur’s “legitimate and radical refusal of any form of academism, be it figurative, abstract, or postmodern.”
In the 1980s, Abdallah Benanteur turned his landscapes into a mystical dimension under the influence of 9th century Sufi poet Mansur al-Hallaj. Entitled L’Ermite, (The Hermit), this composition depicts a heavenly scenery from which a lonely figure emerges. The magical evanescent texture is obtained through the accumulation of layers and layers of paint.
Exhibitions
Benanteur. A Passion to share, Paintings 1955-2011, 2016.
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