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Chefchaouen (Arabic: شفشاون, romanized: Shafshāwan, IPA: [ʃafˈʃaːwan]) is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue, for which it is nicknamed the "Blue City". [1] It is situated in a mountainous region in northern Morocco, between Tétouan and ...
Chaïbia Talal (1929–2004), painter [4] Hocein Talal (1942–2022), painter Frederic Matys Thursz (1930–1992), abstract painter and teacher; lived in the United States and France
The origins of the pigments differed from a city to another. In each, the m’allem (craftsman) used local materials available in or around his town. In the following image: Pigments and binders traditionally used in Tazouaqt. 1. Charred sheep's wool to be mixed with skin glue. 2. Chalky substance that resembles gypsum. 3. Indigo blue "Nila". 4 ...
Window at Tangier; also referred to as La Fenêtre à Tanger, Paysage vu d'une fenêtre, and Landscape viewed from a window, Tangiers, is a painting by Henri Matisse, executed in 1912. It is held at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. An example of Matisse's paintings after the colorful revolution of his Fauvism period.
Painting, Color, History: 23 volumes (1949-1972) [four additional volumes published by Skira/Rizzoli after 1972] Over two decades in the making, the original series for an international audience was "An historical conspectus of the great schools of painting and the chief art movements, past and present" [28] Many art historians of the 20th ...
Some art history sources include 1911 and 1912 in the painting's dating, [2] [3] though the Hermitage Museum's web entry on Arab Coffeehouse states the piece originated in 1913, being executed in the early part of that year. [7] Matisse completed the painting during his second trip to Morocco. [2]
Horses of God, also translated by Lulu Norman (original: Les étoiles de Sidi Moumen), was shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award in 2014. It was made into a feature film in Morocco in 2011, called Horses of God, directed by Nabil Ayouch and selected for the official Moroccan entry for best foreign language film for the 2013 Oscars. [5]
Less famous than the Tassili figures, the engravings of the South Oran region have nonetheless been the subject of studies since 1863.The most important works were carried out by A. Pomel (from 1893 to 1898), Stéphane Gsell (from 1901 to 1927), G. B. M. Flamand (from 1892 to 1921), Leo Frobenius and Hugo Obermaier (in 1925), Abbé Henri Breuil (from 1931 to 1957), L. Joleaud (from 1918 to ...