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Basil Alkazzi

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Basil Alkazzi
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Name wey dem give amBasil Edit
Ein date of birth23 April 1938 Edit
Place dem born amKuwait Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationpainter, visual artist Edit
ResidenceMonaco Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.basilalkazzi.com/home_2.html Edit
Artist files atPhiladelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library Edit

Basil Alkazzi ((Arabic: باسل القزي; born 1938), be Kuwait-born British visual artist, of Saudi Arabian–Kuwaiti heritage. As a painter dem know am for metaphysical den spiritual abstract paintings.[1][2] He live insyd London den New York City.[1]

Biography

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Na dem born Basil Alkazzi insyd 1938, for ship top insyd de sea wey dey travel from Kuwait to Britain.[3] Ein poppie Hamed Ali Alkazzi, na he be merchant wey komot Arab family.[4] Insyd ein early kiddie time, na he be artistic wey he be interested insyd de arts. Alkazzi attend de Central School of Art insyd London.[5]

Insyd de 1960s, Alkazzi work plus de human figure as a subject; wey after he paint for chaw years, de figure appear make he stretch out into de skyline anaa he cam turn unrecognizable forms.[6]

He get a solo exhibition insyd 1989 at de Springfield Art Center insyd Springfield, Illinois.[2] Ein solo exhibition, "An Odyessy of Dreams" (2014) Judith K. Brodsky wey curate am wey dem display am at de Sheldon Museum of Art insyd Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]

Insyd 1986, he establish de Basil Alkazzi Scholarship at de Royal College of Art insyd London; den a year later insyd 1987, he establish de Basil H. Alkazzi Award for young den emerging American painters.[3] Thru de New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Alkazzi establish insyd 2010 two biennial awards.[3]

Collections den archives

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Ein work dey insyd museum collections, wey dey include at de Metropolitan Museum of Art insyd New York City;[7] de Art Institute of Chicago;[8] de Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University insyd St. Louis;[9] de Neuberger Museum of Art insyd Purchase, New York;[10] den at de Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art insyd Kansas City.[11] Dem fi find ein artist files at de Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, den de Smithsonian American Art den Portrait Gallery Library.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Beautiful paintings explore the spiritual at Sheldon". Lincoln Journal Star. July 13, 2014. pp. D6. Retrieved 2024-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hays, Jim (1989-03-13). "Artist seeks to explore spiritual themes". Springfield News-Sun. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Through color and biomorphic forms, artwork at Rider University evokes the spirit". WHYY-TV PBS (in American English). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  4. ↑ Wykes-Joyce, Max (1982). The Art of Basil Alkazzi. Drian Galleries. p. 5.
  5. ↑ Art and Artists (in English). Hansom Books. 1984. p. 34.
  6. ↑ Alkazzi, Basil; Kuspit, Donald Burton (2013). Basil Alkazzi: An Odyssey of Dreams : a Decade of Paintings 2003-2012. Scala. ISBN 978-1-85759-876-6.
  7. ↑ "Basil Alkazzi, Transmutation III". The Metropolitan Museum of Art (in English). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  8. ↑ "Basil Alkazzi". The Art Institute of Chicago (in English). 1938. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  9. ↑ "Voyage into Remembrance". Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  10. ↑ "Artist Provides Major Gift to Fund NEU Acquisitions". Purchase College (in English). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  11. ↑ "Basil Alkazzi". The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (in English). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
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