« Abram » is the first canvas of the series. I write « Abram »: it is not a mistake. This first name corresponds to a particular period of his life.
When the figure of Abram appears in the Bible, he belongs to the most poor tribe living in the Canaan country. And in his poor tribe of nomads, he is the most poor of them. Poor to the point that he has no children.
I have chosen the time when he and Saraï leave Egypt: they go back to the Canaan country. The Alliance is not done yet. Isaac is not born, nor Ismael…
The composition seems to be classical? I am not so sure of that… Please wait for the second canvas representing « Saraï », her first name before the Alliance, before they become « Abraham and Sarah ».
