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Shakir Hassan Al Said BIOGRAPHY
1925 Samawa, Iraq - 2004 Baghdad, Iraq. Known for: Abstract painting with calligraphy.
Born in Samawa, a city southeast of Baghdad, Al Said lived, worked and died in Baghdad. He received in 1948 a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a... Read full biography
Born in Samawa, a city southeast of Baghdad, Al Said lived, worked and died in Baghdad. He received in 1948 a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a diploma in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad where he was taught by Jawad Saleem.... Read full biography
Born in Samawa, a city southeast of Baghdad, Al Said lived, worked and died in Baghdad. He received in 1948 a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a diploma in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad where he was taught by Jawad Saleem. He continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts* in Paris until 1959, where he was taught by Raymond Legueult. During his stay in Paris, he discovered Western modern art in galleries and Sumerian... Read full biography
Born in Samawa, a city southeast of Baghdad, Al Said lived, worked and died in Baghdad. He received in 1948 a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a diploma in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad where he was taught by Jawad Saleem. He continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts* in Paris until 1959, where he was taught by Raymond Legueult. During his stay in Paris, he discovered Western modern art in galleries and Sumerian art at the Louvre. After his return to Baghdad in 1959, Al Said studied the work of Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, sufism* and Mansur Al-Hallaj. He gradually abandoned figurative expressions and centered his compositions on Arabic calligraphy*. He... Read full biography
Born in Samawa, a city southeast of Baghdad, Al Said lived, worked and died in Baghdad. He received in 1948 a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a diploma in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad where he was taught by Jawad Saleem. He continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts* in Paris until 1959, where he was taught by Raymond Legueult. During his stay in Paris, he discovered Western modern art in galleries and Sumerian art at the Louvre. After his return to Baghdad in 1959, Al Said studied the work of Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, sufism* and Mansur Al-Hallaj. He gradually abandoned figurative expressions and centered his compositions on Arabic calligraphy*. He co-founded in 1951 with Jawad Saleem Jama'et Baghdad lil Fann al-Hadith (Baghdad Modern Art Group*), one of the most uniqu... Read full biography
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Born in Samawa, a city southeast of Baghdad, Al Said lived, worked and died in Baghdad. He received in 1948 a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a diploma in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad where he was taught by Jawad Saleem.
He continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts* in Paris until 1959, where he was taught by Raymond Legueult. During his stay in Paris, he discovered Western modern art in galleries and Sumerian art at the Louvre.
After his return to Baghdad in 1959, Al Said studied the work of Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, sufism* and Mansur Al-Hallaj. He gradually abandoned figurative expressions and centered his compositions on Ara...But wait, there's more...
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