Ismail Al-Sheikhly (1924 - 2002)
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.
| Date and place of birt: | 1924, Iraq |
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| Date and place of death: | 2002, Iraq |
| Nationality: | Iraq |
| Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist |
| Art school / group: | La Societe Primitive, The Pioneers |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
| Art style: | Contemporary art, Realism |
| Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas |
