Village in Cyprus
Creator:
Reilly, Bernard
Date:
1948
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Description:
No clues as to the exact identity of this village are provided in the painting. The long storerooms cum barns suggest that this is a village in the Mesaoria plains. The presence of a church steeple and the absence of a minaret also indicate that this was inhabited by Greeks. The extensive water surrounded by man made stone banks indicates that the village bordered a river that might have flooded in the past or was built near a lake or water reservoir. This charming view is framed on the left by a huge eucalyptus tree often found by riverbeds. Eucalyptus trees were imported from Australia by the British in 1878 in order to drain the swamps of Cyprus which caused malaria.
Dimensions:
53 x 63 cm
Signature(s):
Unsigned
Subject:
Architecture, Religious Architecture, Church Architecture, Buildings, Dwellings, Trees, Mountains, Rivers--cyprus
Identifier:
PNT-00441
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Rights Holder:
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