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Amy Nimir, (act. 1925-1949), portrait 1932, pen & ink, signed &…
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31-Jul-2016
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Amy Nimir, (act. 1925-1949), portrait 1932, pen & ink, signed & dated lower right, 25 x 20 cm. other Notes: Amy Nimir (later Lady Smart) studied fine arts at the Slade in London and visited Paris and Rome., her first exhibition dates from 1925, her painting already showing a deep 'oriental influence,' according to Azar, who comments on her painting Barques (boats), seeing in it the achievement of the artist's maturity., Barques' he wrote, '[infused] with the solidity of a grey light softly tinted with pale intimations, holds US in a tranquility born from submission to fate. Alas, we owe this resigned philosophy to a cruel loss that befell this artist, and which has kept her silent for a several years., in 1932, Amy Nimr married Englishman Walter Smart, who was then Oriental Secretary at the British Residency and a well-known figure in Cairo's salons.
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