Ismail Al-Sheikhly (1924 - 2002)

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Ismail Al-Sheikhly

Ismail Al-Sheikhly is a contemporary Iraqui artist. He belonged to one of the first art groups to appear in Iraq, 'La Societe Primitive', founded in 1950. The group later changed its name to 'The Pioneers' and kept it into the 1970s. Some of his works are influenced by Cubism, a movement which grew in popularity throughout the 1950s, and was the preferred artistic style of one of Al-Sheikhly's important contemporaries, Hafiz Drubi. Al Sheikhly’s early works are inspired by the Iraqi village life, though his later works are more focused on abstracted colour combinations and obscured backgrounds. Women feature highly as a central theme in his work. Painted in groups quite often, Al Sheikhly’s women are streamlined with oval faces and generic bodies and seem to always be in states of coming and going, whether that be to the mosque, to the souks, or to do some domestic task.

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Date and place of birt:1924, Iraq
Date and place of death:2002, Iraq
Nationality:Iraq
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Genre art, Portrait
Art style:Realism, Contemporary art
Technique:Oil, Oil on canvas

Creators Iraq

Saleh al-Jumai'e (1939)
Saleh al-Jumai'e
1939
Faeq Hassan (1914 - 1992)
Faeq Hassan
1914 - 1992
Adham Ibrahim (1934)
Adham Ibrahim
1934
Saadi Al-Kaabi (1937)
Saadi Al-Kaabi
1937
Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (1882 - 1952)
Abdul Qadir Al Rassam
1882 - 1952
Kadhim Haider (1932 - 1985)
Kadhim Haider
1932 - 1985
Jabbar Daoud (1934)
Jabbar Daoud
1934
Salim Al Dabbagh (1941 - 2022)
Salim Al Dabbagh
1941 - 2022
Amer al-Obaidi (1943)
Amer al-Obaidi
1943
Faraj Abbo (1921 - 1984)
Faraj Abbo
1921 - 1984
Wafaa Bilal (1966)
Wafaa Bilal
1966
Dia Al-Azzawi (1939)
Dia Al-Azzawi
1939
Hayv Kahraman (1981)
Hayv Kahraman
1981
Mahmoud Sabri (1927 - 2012)
Mahmoud Sabri
1927 - 2012
Jawad Saleem (1919 - 1961)
Jawad Saleem
1919 - 1961
Athier Mousawi (1982)
Athier Mousawi
1982

Creators Contemporary art

William Beckwith McInnes (1889 - 1939)
William Beckwith McInnes
1889 - 1939
Werner Büttner (1954)
Werner Büttner
1954
Andrea Branzi (1938 - 2023)
Andrea Branzi
1938 - 2023
Anton Hackenbroich (1878 - 1969)
Anton Hackenbroich
1878 - 1969
Theo Kamecke (1937 - 2017)
Theo Kamecke
1937 - 2017
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Marc-Aurèle Fortin
1888 - 1970
William Turnbull (1922 - 2012)
William Turnbull
1922 - 2012
Cesare Gheduzzi (1894 - 1943)
Cesare Gheduzzi
1894 - 1943
Kiki Kogelnik (1935 - 1997)
Kiki Kogelnik
1935 - 1997
Manolo Valdés (1942)
Manolo Valdés
1942
Agapit Stevens (1848 - 1924)
Agapit Stevens
1848 - 1924
Alessandro Milesi (1856 - 1945)
Alessandro Milesi
1856 - 1945
Eric Strauss (1962)
Eric Strauss
1962
Clifton Ernest Pugh (1924 - 1990)
Clifton Ernest Pugh
1924 - 1990
Richard Serra (1938 - 2024)
Richard Serra
1938 - 2024
Arthur Uecker-Fensloff (1881 - 1934)
Arthur Uecker-Fensloff
1881 - 1934
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