Stamp: "The Lighthouse at Two Lights" (1929), by Edward Hopper (Maldives 2017)
"The Lighthouse at Two Lights" (1929), by Edward Hopper (Maldives 2017)
21 June (Maldives ) within release Paintings of Lighthouses goes into circulation Stamp "The Lighthouse at Two Lights" (1929), by Edward Hopper face value 20 Maldivian rufiyaa
| Stamp "The Lighthouse at Two Lights" (1929), by Edward Hopper in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi: MV 7106 |
| Yvert et Tellier: | Yt: MV 5841 |
Stamp is square format.
Issue acknowledged by the Maldive postal authorities, but only distributed by the Maldive philatelic agent for collecting purposes.Also in the issue Paintings of Lighthouses:
- Souvenir Sheet - Paintings of Lighthouses face value 60;
- Stamp - "Lighthouse Groix" (detail, 1925), by Paul Signac face value 20;
- Stamp - "The Tower of Collioure in Moonrise", by H.-J. G. Martin face value 20;
- Stamp - "The Lighthouse" (1853), by Charles Hoguet face value 20;
- Stamp - "Highland Light" (1920s), by Charles Webster Hawthorne face value 60;
- Mini Sheet - Paintings of Lighthouses face value 4*20;
- Stamp - "The Lighthouse at Two Lights" (1929), by Edward Hopper face value 20;
Stamp "The Lighthouse at Two Lights" (1929), by Edward Hopper it reflects the thematic directions:
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses, and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, and safe entries to harbors, and can assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems.
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. Painting is a mode of creative expression, and the forms are numerous. Drawing, gesture (as in gestural painting), composition, narration (as in narrative art), or abstraction (as in abstract art), among other aesthetic modes, may serve to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner. Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in a still life or landscape painting), photographic, abstract, narrative, symbolistic (as in Symbolist art), emotive (as in Expressionism), or political in nature (as in Artivism). A portion of the history of painting in both Eastern and Western art is dominated by spiritual motifs and ideas. Examples of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery, to Biblical scenes rendered on the interior walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to scenes from the life of Buddha or other images of Eastern religious origin. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, clay, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, as well as objects. The term painting is also used outside of art as a common trade among craftsmen and builders.
