{{Short description|1984 painting by Nabil Kanso}} {{Infobox artwork/wikidata | image = Apocalyptic Riders.jpg }} '''''Apocalyptic Riders''''' is a diptych executed in 1984 and is part of a series begun in 1980 by Nabil Kanso.<ref>''Nabil Kanso: Paintings 1974-94'', plate 39, NEV Editions, Atlanta 1996</ref>
== Description == The diptych is oil on 2-piece canvas measuring 2.75 X 4.50 meters (9 X 15 feet).<ref>''Kanso Paintings'', pp.74-75</ref> It depicts two horsemen or as one writer describes "Two wild Knights riding toward each other in an explosion swarming the canvas.<ref>Bäckström, Lars, ''From Odessa to Atlanta'', Democraten, p.4, January 24, 1985, Uppsala, Sweden</ref> They represent the Apocalypse Riders who are also the riders of the war in Lebanon, the artist’s native country."<ref>Bäckström, Lars, ''Nabil Kanso Paintings'', Ord & Bild, pp. 42-43, Stockholm</ref>
==See also== *''Apocalyptic Rider'' *''Apocalypse'' Series *1984 in art
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==External links== *[http://apocalipsis.us/jinetes.html Apocalyptic Riders]
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