A doctoral thesis at the College of Fine Arts, University of Basrah, examined the artistic embodiment of the Bohemian phenomenon in contemporary painting
The message presented by the researcher Ali Ashour Salman included revealing the psychological pressures that man suffers from, as the researcher touched on Bohemianism as a behavior that affects the human being and his subconscious projections, and since art is a mirror reflecting societies and behavioral phenomena that arise within those societies, the Bohemian representation had a clear impact on The art of painting, embodies the state of isolation and alienation, as well as individual freedom and rebellion, through various methods and different expressive formulations

The thesis discussed shedding light on the concept of bohemianism and its representations in contemporary painting. The researcher relied on adopting an analytical approach through the description of these artistic drawings.The thesis concluded that Bohemianism affirmed its active presence in the artistic production according to various and varied formulations that revealed flexibility in embodiment at the level of form and content in line with the concepts of contemporary art.