Scene of daily life in the village - art of ethiopia, 1935 ca.

Features

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Landscape with Figures

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description

The canvas represents a scene of daily life in the village. The centre of the scene is occupied by the church, surrounded by a low stone wall. It converge some of the faithful and a priest, characterized by a black coat and a white turban. The scene is crossed diagonally by a small river, in which two boys are bathing. The edges of the river with the activities of those who plow the field, of women who carry wood and water, a group of shepherds, guys who collect the fruit. It is part of a group of seven works, which arrived in Italy at the end of the '30s; were purchased directly on-site , as we have reconstructed from the correspondence and from the family photos, from the lawyer xxx, grandfather of the owners, who was sent as a legal representative of a company of Italian production in 1935 in Ethiopia, and from here it was driven out in 1938 by general Graziani, because it was considered anti-fascist. The paintings remained in the family collection, in the palace of the family, and are now presented in all their expressive force. Ethiopia has a very particular history: it is situated between Africa and Asia, and between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, was a crossroads and meeting point of different cultures, stimulated also by the constant and intense trade flows. Five centuries before Christ, stabilized the dynasty of Aksum; in this kingdom, in the fourth century after Christ, christianity was established as state religion, in his version, the coptic orthodox. The sacred texts of the medieval speak also, however, a direct relationship with one of the ten Hebrew tribes, after fleeing to Ethiopia, from which sprang the royal family through the queen of Sheba. And in fact, in Ethiopia still live today), the line of the Falascià, black jews, whose first historical mention dates back to 600 after Christ. Ethiopia was then a bastion of jewish-christian, with african influences, but to be considered almost the southern edge of the mediterranean culture.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, has small signs of wear and tear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 76
Width: 128
Depth: 3

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 74
Width: 126
Depth: 3