Abdallah Benanteur (Algerian, b. 1931)

'The breadth and spread of his touch, be it light or heavy, provides the mobility of reflections and nuances, the super-impression of visual sensations, heavy or limpid tonalities scattered throughout the space, a prodigious mosaic whose infinite motion is marvellous and fascinating to behold and gaze upon'.
(Raoul-Jean Moulin, 'Benanteur's Own Imaginary', translated by Ann Cremin, in C. Lemand ed., Benanteur - Peintures, Paris, 2002).