WIRE — For British artists over countless years, Egypt has been a rich source of inspiration. Famously, Agatha Christie's visit to Upper Egypt shaped her novel, Death on the Nile (1937). Virginia Woolf was engaged with Egypt's ancient civilisations, with references to the country littered across her essays and diaries, as with her references to Cleopatra in her 1929 essay, A Room of One's Own. Earlier, in 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote of Egypt as an "antique land" in the poem Ozymandias, familiar to generations of British schoolchildren. However, for the British artist Bridget Riley, this inspiration gave rise to radically different results. After visiting Egypt in the winter of 1979-80, Riley developed her Egyptian Palette, influenced by the colours of Egypt's landscapes from Cairo to Luxor. These colours Riley laid out in oscillating strips running the length of her canvases, named after the places she visited: Luxor (1982), The Winter Palace (1981), and ancient Egyptian gods and principles: Ra (1981), Ka (1980). Born in London in 1931 and raised in rural England, Riley attended the British Royal College of Art in the capital, painting semi-impressionist and figurative work drawing on theContinue reading "Painting Egypt in Colour: Bridget Rileys Egyptian Palette" The post Painting Egypt in Colour: Bridget Riley's Egyptian Palette first appeared on Egyptian Streets.
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