02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Nasser Ovissi’s Thorses, with Footnotes, #47
Aug 31, 2022
POLO PLAYER AND EAGLE
Oil on canvas
140 x 75 cm.
Private collection
Nasser Ovissi is an American-Iranian painter whose work is characterized by stylized figures of Arabic women and horses. Set amidst geometric patterns and decorative elements, his figures seem to merge into and out of the space behind them. “My work is dedicated to the beauty of life and I hope those who experience my work will walk away with an experience of beauty.” Born in Tehran, Iran in 1934, Ovissi studied Law and Political Sciences at the University of Tehran before studying fine art at Beaux Fine Art in Rome…