The central challenge of history painting lay in selecting a particular subject that could engage the heart and instruct the mind. Grand settings and symbolic accessories proved the artist’s grasp of perspective depth and still-life draftsmanship. Compositions and color schemes had to be carefully conceived to accentuate the principal characters and to clarify the meanings of the incidents. National Gallery
Iraqi Modernism - Salem Al-Dabbagh
Salem Al-Dabbagh (Iraq, born 1941)
Untitled
oil on canvas, framed
signed in Arabic (lower right), further signed and dated "04" on verso, executed in 2004
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