Today we see the painting "The People's Healer" by the international artist Ludwig Deutsch, which he created in 1891, and which is observing an aspect of the folk history of the East. The plastic artists were keen to photograph it.
And the Austrian artist Ludwig Deutsche lived during the period (1855-1935) and is one of the most important artists who visited Egypt and admired it and its heritage and conveyed this in their artwork, and we see in the painting the painting sitting on a slightly raised sofa, and next to it some of his tools are present in pottery vessels, and others Hangs on the wall, while a girl standing in front of him buys something from him, and a child near her.
The painting suggests a legendary atmosphere, especially as the street is empty of passers-by, cracks in the wall, and the historical gate, in front of which the therapist sits and hangs his things.
On the relationship of Ludwig Deutsch in Cairo, Nabil Ramadan wrote in Al-Qafilah Magazine saying: He was stopped in this city in particular by the Nubian soldiers who were guarding palaces and public buildings, so he painted them in many paintings, with a strong and clear focus on their pride, the strength of their structures, the pomp of their appearances and their clothes ... and drawing scenes from life The public, such as "The Orchid Seller" and "Chess Players", also painted special occasions such as "Al-Mahmal", which marks the launch of the procession of transporting the Kaaba clothing from Cairo to Makkah Al-Mukarramah.
Deutsche was satisfied in Cairo with completing the preparatory drawings on paper, to later complete the oil painting in his studio in Paris in a realistic and accurate manner until the extreme limits, making many critics assert that he was even partially dependent on the photographs, as this commitment to draw the smallest details very accurately did not It was familiar to his contemporaries, and only half a century later he appeared in "super realism" or "photorealistic realism" that appeared in America.
Sun, Jul. 5, 2020
