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Tall Ships journey from Islamabad to Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI — Flying Cloud, a historic ship launched in 1851, is depicted battling with high seas. The painting, done by Kausar Rao, is one of the most dramatic among the seven canvases on show at Millennium Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
The hotel will host the Tall Ships art exhibition till September 3 on its mezzanine floor. The collection belongs to a group of women artists from Masood Parvez Art Studio in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The oil paintings exhibit famous sailing ships, which pioneered intercontinental travel, adventure and naval warfare. Each canvas has a brief explanation about the vessel it portrays. The exhibition, as such, is equally fascinating from a maritime history point of view, as well as fine art.
Apart from the eye-catching Flying Cloud, Kausar Rao is also displaying a dark interpretation of a pirate ship. Naila Kausar is presenting a Blue Nose ship from the late 1800s, one of the last wooden vessels.
Naila Tabassum's chosen subject is one of the world’s most long lasting ships — the Spanish Galleon, which sailed unchanged from ancient times until the arrival of steam ships. This painting's composition is among the most dynamic ones, showing a Galleon just passing a dangerous line of rocks.
The exhibition is also showcasing HMS Endeavour, by Sadaf Naz, an English ship which set sail from England in 1768 to observe the planetary movement; the Clipper Comet, also by Sadaf Naz, which in 1853 sailed from San Francisco to New York in 83 days and 18 hours, beating the famous clipper Flying Dutchman record by 30 hours; Uzma Aslam portrays the ruins of HMS Guerriere in calm waters, one of the five British warships which in 1812 was involved in a battle with USS Constitution and lost.
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