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The Iraqi artist, Madiha Omar, who was active from the mid-1940s, was one of the pioneers of the hurufiyya movement, since she was the first to explore the use of Arabic script in a contemporary art context and exhibited hurufiyya-inspired works in Washington as early as 1949.
He was an active participant in the Iraqi modern art movement, especially through his involvement in Iraq's various art groups. He recognised the value of art societies while still at secondary school, when he joined the Al-Da'ad National Society at the Middle Eastern School, where he attended. In his adult life, he held several prominent ...
Al-Jumaie and his cohort including Amer al-Obaidi, Salman Abbas and Nida Kadhim became the group of artists that defined 1960s Iraqi art. [10] Although al-Jumaie is best remembered as a painter, he also designed posters and produced a number of book covers. [11] His early work features Arabic lettering, but over time the calligraphy became fainter.
He was the first local artist to offer painting lessons in his studio, and many modern Iraqi painters began their careers by studying with him. [10] He became a major figure among the first generation of modern Iraqi artists and was a founding member of the Art Friends Society (AFS, Jami’yat Asdiqa’ al-Fen).
An artist, philosopher, art critic and art historian, he was actively involved in the formation of two important art groups that influenced the direction of post-colonial art in Iraq. He, and the art groups in which he was involved, shaped the modern Iraqi art movement and bridged the gap between modernity and heritage.
Ismail Fatah Al-Turk ("Ismail Fatah") (1934 or 1938–2004) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor born in Basra, Iraq, noted for his abstract art, monumental sculpture, and public works and as part of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, which fostered a sense of national identity. [1] His monument, al-Shaheed Monument is the most iconic public monument ...
A selection of articles by different Iraqi artists and art critics about Mahmoud Sabri and his work published after his death in April 2012. "The Institution of Aesthetic Discourse, rooting references in modern Iraqi art]" Al Kasab, Saad, in Arabic, Beirut-2012, ISBN 978-9953-554-22-8. The book contains three essays about 3 leading Iraqi ...
Jawad Saleem (Arabic: جواد سليم, 1919–1961) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor [1] born in Ankara, Ottoman Empire in 1919. [2] He became an influential artist through his involvement with the Iraqi Baghdad Modern Art Group, which encouraged artists to explore techniques that combined both Arab heritage and modern art forms.