Asem Hafidh (1886-1978) | Ibrahimi Collection

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Title:

Still Life (Fruits)

Medium:

Oil on Board

Date of creation:

Ca. 1953

Artwork Commentary:

Nazar Selim chronicled the life of the artist Asem Hafidh, saying: “Artist Asem Hafidh studied painting in Paris under Professor Antoine Reynolds, and his studies lasted four years, from 1928 to 1931. He was chosen to teach drawing in public schools and remained that way for 19 years. During that time, he became fluent in Arabic and French and practiced drawing from a young age in Mosul city, where he was born. He practiced painting people at the beginning of his work, but he returned to specializing in painting landscapes and still life. And he relates that he learned the chemistry of colors during his studies in Paris".

Artist Name :

Asem Hafidh

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Title:

Still Life (Apples and Cherries)

Medium:

Oil on Board

Date of creation:

Ca. 1950s

Artwork Commentary:

Dr. Akram Fadel wrote in his book "Al-Tabi’a wal Hayat al-Samita’ (Nature and Still Life)" about the artist Asem Hafidh: “His colors are so amazingly vivid. If you look at the basket and the apples rolling from it, you will not believe it is made of a material other than straw and watercolors. And this apple seems almost fragrant because of its transparency. Finally, you feel the artist extinguishes himself from all he paints”.

Artist Name :

Asem Hafidh

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Title:

Still Life

Medium:

Oil on Board

Date of creation:

Ca. 1950s

Artwork Commentary:

Here we stand contemplating one of the paintings of the pioneering teacher who dedicated himself to drawing and teaching since the beginning of the twentieth century. By the beginning of 1920, he devoted himself entirely to art between gaining experience and knowledge of the arts of other nations and learning and teaching, where hundreds of Mosul people studied techniques and arts of drawing and loved them. Just as Abdul Qadir Al-Rassam was a teacher and a professional in Baghdad and the south, Asim was a teacher and a professional in Mosul, the capital of northern Iraq and the second city there. This painting is about eighty years old and hung on Iraqi houses' walls for eighty summers and winters. It is an example and a lesson about the impact of time and the succession of days.

Artist Name :

Asem Hafidh

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