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A fierce cavalier from a Fantasia - the traditional horsemanship & art of war festival held during certain celebrations in the countries of the Maghreb.

Oils on stretched canvas, 30x40 cm.

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Woman wearing a haik mrama, the traditional white robe of the women in Algiers.

Graphite pencils sketch, from my Kasbah of Algiers series of sketches

#MastoArt #MastodonArt #FediArt #art #FigurativeArt #ArtBooster #PortraitCommunity #traditional #clothing #architecture #graphite #pencil #sketch #drawing #Kasbah #Algiers #UNESCO

Curt Querner: Agitator,
oil on canvas 1931

#CurtQuerner (1804-1976) was a representative of the #NewObjectivity movement and a #painter of #realism. he developed a unique perspective on the world due to his parents' deafness. At the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1926, he studied under renowned artists such as #RichardMüller, #GeorgLührig, and #OttoDix.

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"No, I won't!"

Pouting little boy - graphite pencils portrait

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From my "Emotions" series:

Shyness - charcoal sketch on paper

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For the International Women's Day let me share this charcoal portrait of a prominent woman writer and essayist: Marguerite Yourcenar, the first woman to be admitted to the French Academy, author of Memoirs of Hadrian, The Abyss and many other novels and essays. She has a very special place in my heart.

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Amedeo Modigliani: Lolotte
oil in canvas, 1917
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Modigliani (1884 - 1920) was an Italian #draftsman, #painter, and #sculptor, known for his scandalous nude #paintings.

He was handsome, drank heavily, took drugs, and lived his short life to the fullest.
He often depicted the human form and referenced the #Renaissance and African #art in his works.He did not identify with any art movement.

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#Portrait d'Hermine David by Jules Pascin

1908 oil on canvas, Musée de Grenoble

#JulesPascin joined the #art scene in #Paris after studying in #Vienna, #Budapest, and #Munich. Two years after arriving in the city, he fell in love with the successfull French artist #HermineDavid and held his first solo show at Paul Cassirer's #gallery in #Berlin.

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A #selfportrait of and by Walter Bondy,

a cousin of Cassirer #art publisher and gallerists from #Berlin. Bondy began expanding his skills on painting and began writing about art and working as an #artdealer
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#portrait #painting of Herwarth Walden by Robert Delauny, 1923.
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The #painter
#RobertDelaunay was a French painter (1885-1941), who started as a self-taught #artist in the style of Neo-#Impressionism, and later developed his own style in Orphic #Cubism, also known as #Orphism
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The #sitter:
#HerwarthWalden was a German #writer and #gallerist (1878 - 1941) and important supporter of the German avant-garde, including #Expressionism, #Futurism, #Dadaism #NewObjectivity.

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