Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (1882 - 1952)

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Abdul Qadir Al Rassam

Abdul Qadir Al Rassam was an Iraqi painter of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter and graphic artist and is considered the founder of modern Iraqi painting.

Al Rassam, a military officer by training, studied drawing at the Military College in Istanbul. Returning to Iraq, he created landscapes, portraits and murals. His work is characterized by historical and ethnographic accuracy. The master, according to critics, contributed to the influence of the European academic school on the Iraqi art scene.

Date and place of birt:1882, Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
Date and place of death:1952, Iraq
Nationality:Iraq
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Graphic artist, Landscape painter, Painter
Genre:Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait
Art style:Realism, Contemporary art

Creators Iraq

Tahir Ibrahim Fattah (1941)
Tahir Ibrahim Fattah
1941
Faeq Hassan (1914 - 1992)
Faeq Hassan
1914 - 1992
Mahmoud Sabri (1927 - 2012)
Mahmoud Sabri
1927 - 2012
Maurice Haddad (1937)
Maurice Haddad
1937
Ismail Al-Sheikhly (1924 - 2002)
Ismail Al-Sheikhly
1924 - 2002
Adham Ibrahim (1934)
Adham Ibrahim
1934
Mohammed Ghani Hikmat (1929 - 2011)
Mohammed Ghani Hikmat
1929 - 2011
Nida Kadhim (1937)
Nida Kadhim
1937
Faraj Abbo (1921 - 1984)
Faraj Abbo
1921 - 1984
Amer al-Obaidi (1943)
Amer al-Obaidi
1943
Wafaa Bilal (1966)
Wafaa Bilal
1966
Athier Mousawi (1982)
Athier Mousawi
1982
Ghazi Al Saudi (1935 - 2023)
Ghazi Al Saudi
1935 - 2023
Jawad Saleem (1919 - 1961)
Jawad Saleem
1919 - 1961
Jabbar Daoud (1934)
Jabbar Daoud
1934
Hafidh al-Droubi (1914 - 1991)
Hafidh al-Droubi
1914 - 1991

Creators Contemporary art

James Hayward (1943)
James Hayward
1943
Emil Jo Homolka (1925 - 2011)
Emil Jo Homolka
1925 - 2011
Pegge Hopper (1936)
Pegge Hopper
1936
Frank Bowling (1934)
Frank Bowling
1934
Kharlampi Dmitrievich Kostandi (1860 - 1917)
Kharlampi Dmitrievich Kostandi
1860 - 1917
Ercole Setti (1530 - 1618)
Ercole Setti
1530 - 1618
Georgii Arkadevich Ziablitsev (1929)
Georgii Arkadevich Ziablitsev
1929
Molly Bobak (1920 - 2014)
Molly Bobak
1920 - 2014
Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948)
Hiroshi Sugimoto
1948
Fausto Pirandello (1899 - 1975)
Fausto Pirandello
1899 - 1975
Hans Schmidt (1877 - 1958)
Hans Schmidt
1877 - 1958
Maxim Wakultschik (1973)
Maxim Wakultschik
1973
Josefina de Vasconcellos (1904 - 2005)
Josefina de Vasconcellos
1904 - 2005
Xavier Bueno (1915 - 1979)
Xavier Bueno
1915 - 1979
Young-Il Ahn (1934 - 2020)
Young-Il Ahn
1934 - 2020
David Rodriguez Caballero (1970)
David Rodriguez Caballero
1970