The Orientalists
Dear Artist, Henri Matisse had taken a look into Morocco in 1913 and 1914. The…
Monthly Archives: November, 2003
The Devil’s Paint Box
Dear Artist, Somewhere among the warrens of the Fes medina you enter a dark, unmarked…
Travel dazzle
Dear Artist, I took a four-wheel-drive out into the Chebbi Erg. This is about 50…
Jacques Majorelle
Dear Artist, Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) was the son of a celebrated furniture designer of Nancy,…
Morocco bound
Dear Artist, In Morocco we have the farthest western reach of the historic Arab world.…
Islamic art
Dear Artist, Here in Tunis, portraiture is virtually non-existent. People are depicted as types rather…
The layered day
Dear Artist, The minaret calls five times a day: dawn, noon, mid afternoon, sundown and…
Dream factory
Dear Artist, At the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt there’s a spectacular collection of Soviet Art.…