The Courtyard
Creator:
Rauf, Olga (1893-1987)
Ημερομηνία:
1930--11--24
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Inscriptions:
Inscribed bottom right: 24/XI/30
Description:
Of Russian descent, Olga Rauf came to Cyprus in 1925 where she stayed with the Classen family in the Lusignan House, Nicosia. She taught music at the American Academy in Larnaca. In 1927, she married the Turkish Cypriot Doctor Mehmet Rauf Bodamyalızade. She is regarded one of the first Turkish Cypriot artists. Her style is of the traditional school of representational art with influences from the Russian school of art. The oil painting exhibits all the quintessential features of a typical Cypriot courtyard: the arch, the covered veranda, the clay pots for water, and chicken roaming in the yard. The use of white reflects the white-wash used in villages. Restricted use of bright colours, of red, blue and green, is juxtaposed to the white, thus creating an interesting and eye-catching effect
Dimensions:
42 x 60 cm
Signature(s):
Signed in lower right: O Raouf
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Identifier:
PNT-00424
Provenance:
Utujian collection
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Rights Holder:
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