Project Description

Huile sur toile

Dimensions : 55 cm x 46 cm

Signed lower left Herard

Red Isthmus Landscape Aden – Yemen

Abbot Maurice HERARD – Priest and painter from Marne (51)

Tales and poems of the flowering thorn / Robert Pannet; Maurice Hérard : illustrations. – [Saint-Memmie]

Church of Saint-Amand-sur-Fion

Uncle of the street artist Philippe Hérard to whom he taught painting https://www.phherard.com/

Aden (ɑːthey/ah-then, Arab : Aden ʿAdan) is a city in Yemen, situated at 170 km east of the Bab el Mandeb Strait. It is populated by approximately 990 000 habitants. It is also a natural port, built on an ancient volcanic site, already used by the ancient kingdom of Awsan between the VII^e and V^e centuries of. AD.. The city gives its name to the Gulf of Aden.

Having the same etymology as Eden, Aden comes from Akkadian edin, which means plaine

Aden is made up of several small towns :

• Crater, the original port city,
• Little Aden, the industrial city, with oil refinery,
• Let's go (in), le port moderne,
• Overseas (in), known as Steamer Point during the colonial era,
• rest stations Gold Mohur,
• Khormaksar (in), located on the isthmus that connects Aden to the continent, including the city's diplomatic missions, the main offices of Aden University and Khormaksar International Airport, former British air base and second largest airport in Yemen.

Another orientalist work proposed by the Gallery.