Abdallah BENANTEUR (Algeria 1931 - France, 2017).
Born in 1931 in Mostaghanem, Abdallah Benanteur was brought up in an Algerian family and cultural environment, specifically enthralled by writing and illuminated manuscripts, by mystic Muslim poetry, by Andalusian music and songs. After completing his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Oran, he settled down in Paris in 1953, which he transformed into his own capital of life and creativity. Abdallah Benanteur passed away on 31 December 2017, at Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
Impregnated by the Arab culture from his native Algeria, by the great European painting in museums across France and Europe, by the graphic arts and manuscripts from Europe, the East and the Far East, inspired by the poets from around the world - having become a true expert in that field thanks to his wife Monique Boucher - he managed to create his own personal and sublime works, producing lyrical landscapes infused with the light of his Mediterranean homeland and that of his adopted Brittany, as well as a transcendental light that transforms the memory’s landscapes in a paradise peopled by his beloved ‘chosen’ ones.
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Available Publications :
BENANTEUR, Paintings. Monograph edited and published by Claude Lemand, 224 pages in colour, 25 x 33 cm. Texts in French and in English. Paris, 2002. ISBN 2-910263-00-2.
Abdallah BENANTEUR, Le Chant de la Terre. Rétrospective-Hommage. Text by Emmanuel Daydé. Catalogue 112 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm. Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch, City of Issoudun, France.
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Abdallah BENANTEUR - Donation Claude & France Lemand to the IMA Museum.
Paintings :
Le Hoggar, 1960. Oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm.
Les Visiteuses n°18, 1975. Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm.
Les Visiteuses n° 20, 1976. Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm.
Les Echos, 1977. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 146 x 228 cm.
Le Défilé des Montagnes, 1980. Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.
Le Bois d’amour, 1981. Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm.
Le Huitième jour. Vendredi, 1982. Oil on canvas, 120 x 60 cm.
Le Huitième jour. Samedi, 1982. Oil on canvas, 120 x 60 cm.
Le Mont des Oliviers 1, 1983. Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm.
Pâturage de lumière, 1985. Triptych. Oil on canvas, 81 x 180 cm.
Le Départ de Halouma, 1986. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.
Les Elus, 1986. Polyptych. Oil on canvas, 150 x 350 cm.
L’Elu, 1987. Triptych. Oil on canvas, 150 x 350 cm.
Les Elus du soir, 1987. Triptych. Oil on canvas, 150 x 350 cm.
L’Eté à Ivry, 1988. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 130 x 324 cm.
Les Contemplatifs, 1988. Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.
Le Détour, 1989. Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm.
Soufi dans un jardin, 1989. Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm.
La Montagne, 1989. Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm.
Le Courroux, 1989. Oil on canvas, 195 x 130 cm.
Les Saisons. Eté, 1990. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 50 x 300 cm.
Les Saisons. Hiver, 1990. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 50 x 300 cm.
L’Arrivée, 1990. Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.
Poètes et lointain, 1990. Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.
Promenade en Perse, 1991. Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.
L’Indifférente, 1991. Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.
La Pente, 1991. Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.
Promenades, 1991. Polyptych. Oil on canvas, 150 x 300 cm.
Le Lointain, 1991. Oil on canvas, diameter 150 cm.
Le Témoin, 1992. Oil on canvas, diameter 130 cm.
Au Cachemire, 1992. Oil on canvas, diameter 130 cm.
Le Pays, 1992. Oil on canvas, diameter 120 cm.
Syracuse, 1992. Oil on canvas, diameter 120 cm.
La Montée, 1992. Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm.
Les Ascensionnistes, 1992. Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm.
Méditerranéens, 1992. Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm.
Andalousie, 1992. Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.
A Ouessant, 1992. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 150 x 300 cm.
Soleil couchant, 1994. Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm.
Ruraux, 1994. Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm.
Les Apparitions, 1994. Triptych. Oil on canvas, 130 x 291 cm.
Le Pays, 1997. Oil on canvas, 140 x 140 cm.
L’Aube, 1997. Oil on canvas, 140 x 140 cm.
Les Nostalgiques n° 1, 1999. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 200 x 240 cm.
Mélancolie, 2001. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm.
L’Aube, 2001. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm.
Les Larmoyants, 2002. Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm.
Le Ravage, 2002. Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm.
Les Naufragés, 2003. Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm.
Les Croisés, 2003. Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm.
Le Naufrage, 2009. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 150 x 300 cm.
La Caravane du soir, 2010. Diptych. Oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm.
Chargé de sable, 2011. Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.