1958 (ca.), Shafic Abboud, Composition -- Tate Modern (London)
From the museum label: Composition is characteristic of Abboud's abstract work of the 1950s for which he used thick paint, here applied with a palette knife, to establish an intense sense of movement. Although made in Paris, the limited blues and greys seem to carry memories of the light and colour of the artist's native Lebanon. There may even be suggestions of an aerial view of rural landscape. In his later notebooks, he wrote: 'It is very hard to explain, but I like pursuing the work up to the abstract picture without letting go of the real origin'.
1958 (ca.), Shafic Abboud, Composition -- Tate Modern (London)
From the museum label: Composition is characteristic of Abboud's abstract work of the 1950s for which he used thick paint, here applied with a palette knife, to establish an intense sense of movement. Although made in Paris, the limited blues and greys seem to carry memories of the light and colour of the artist's native Lebanon. There may even be suggestions of an aerial view of rural landscape. In his later notebooks, he wrote: 'It is very hard to explain, but I like pursuing the work up to the abstract picture without letting go of the real origin'.