We are pleased to present to you an original tribal artwork.
African Ethiopian painting brought to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art piece depicts a battle scene, and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame.
This is a large battle scene painting, with the central focus on village huts. Opposite each other are two large ranks of soldiers armed with swords and bayonets, as well as heavy artillery commanded by officials on horseback.
On the canvas are inscriptions in Amharic, among which we can decipher the only one… fitewrari habteghiorghis… probably referring to Habte Giyorgis, Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1909 to 1927 (the year of his death). The dimensions below refer to height and maximum width from the top left edge to the bottom right edge.
It dates from the late 1930s. The canvas shows minimal signs of wear, but restoration can be applied. Human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and are depicted in static poses. This sense of stability makes this battle scene painting easily understandable and evocative.
One particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art was its emphasis on expressing objective truth, independent of time and space. Numbers are depicted in what is considered their true, unchanging form. At the height of its stylistic perfection, Ethiopian art abandoned illusions of volume, depth, and perspective.
Height: 87.5 cm
Width: 145 cm
Depth: 2 cm
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