Apocalyptic Riders
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Year | 1984 |
Apocalyptic Riders is a diptych executed in 1984 and is part of a series begun in 1980 by Nabil Kanso.[1]
Description[]
The diptych is oil on 2-piece canvas measuring 2.75 X 4.50 meters (9 X 15 feet).[2] It depicts two horsemen or as one writer describes "Two wild Knights riding toward each other in an explosion swarming the canvas.[3] They represent the Apocalypse Riders who are also the riders of the war in Lebanon, the artist’s native country."[4]
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Categories:
- War paintings
- Diptychs
- Modern paintings
- 1984 paintings
- Paintings by Nabil Kanso
- 20th-century painting stubs