At the Iraqi Art Exhibition in Beirut

Early last November, visitors to the exhibition hall at UNESCO saw an exhibition by Iraqi artists, in which the dominance of the modern schools of art — cubism above all — over classicism was plain to see. Very, very few were the bright, cheerful colors, while somber hues prevailed.

The painting that most caught the eye was "The Milayas" by Mahmoud Sabri — this painter has a fertile brush.. Most of the canvases were bold new attempts, without doubt the first glimmerings of a blessed artistic renaissance in the sister land of Iraq...