Egypt, France. 1926 - 2004
Figurative, cubism, abstract painting, decorative arts, surrealism
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1928 - 1985 New York. Known for: Colorful, densely abstract compositions.
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi was a Moroccan artist born in 1928. He came from a family of f'aith healers and secretly drew figurative images in ink, despite religious prohibitions against depicting... Read full biography
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi was a Moroccan artist born in 1928. He came from a family of f'aith healers and secretly drew figurative images in ink, despite religious prohibitions against depicting idols. In 1948, he was introduced to painting by Jane Bowles, the wife of American intellectual Paul... Read full biography
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi was a Moroccan artist born in 1928. He came from a family of f'aith healers and secretly drew figurative images in ink, despite religious prohibitions against depicting idols. In 1948, he was introduced to painting by Jane Bowles, the wife of American intellectual Paul Bowles. She became his mentor. Yacoubi's paintings were heavily layered and smoothed through a process he likened to alchemical transformation. In 1951, Paul Bowles defended Yacoubi as a "natural... Read full biography
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi was a Moroccan artist born in 1928. He came from a family of f'aith healers and secretly drew figurative images in ink, despite religious prohibitions against depicting idols. In 1948, he was introduced to painting by Jane Bowles, the wife of American intellectual Paul Bowles. She became his mentor. Yacoubi's paintings were heavily layered and smoothed through a process he likened to alchemical transformation. In 1951, Paul Bowles defended Yacoubi as a "natural abstractionist" to Betty Parsons, who held an exhibition of his work the following year at her gallery. Peggy Guggenheim also purchased several of his paintings. Yacoubi left Morocco for New York in 1966, where he continued to paint until his death in 1985... Read full biography
Ahmed Ben Driss El Yacoubi was a Moroccan artist born in 1928. He came from a family of f'aith healers and secretly drew figurative images in ink, despite religious prohibitions against depicting idols. In 1948, he was introduced to painting by Jane Bowles, the wife of American intellectual Paul Bowles. She became his mentor. Yacoubi's paintings were heavily layered and smoothed through a process he likened to alchemical transformation. In 1951, Paul Bowles defended Yacoubi as a "natural abstractionist" to Betty Parsons, who held an exhibition of his work the following year at her gallery. Peggy Guggenheim also purchased several of his paintings. Yacoubi left Morocco for New York in 1966, where he continued to paint until his death in 1985 at the age of 57.
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Egypt. 1912 - 2002
Painting
Iran, Italy, Iran, Islamic Republic of. 1931 - 2010
Abstract painting, sculpture, theatre directing
Lebanon, France. Born 1975
Large scale expressive portrait painting, warrior images, installations
Egypt, France. 1891 - 1934
Allegorical Egyptian motif figural sculpture
New York / Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of. 1924 - 2019
Islamic motif glass mosaics, reverse glass abstract painting, collage, wooden forms
Egypt. 1906 - 1979
Abstract geometric images, modernist portrait, landscape and cityscape painting
Iran, Islamic Republic of. Born 1952
Abstract and figurative paintings with a focus on rhythm and music
Iraq. 1932 - 1985
Painting
Morocco. 1935 - 2013
Painting
New York / Morocco. 1936 - 2020
Painting, muralist, photographer, sculpture
France, Iran, Islamic Republic of. 1928 - 2011
Abstract painting, calligraphy, lithographs
Morocco. 1939 - 2008
Painting
Netherlands, Morocco. Born 1939
Painting
Morocco. 1932 - 2000
Oil, wood, gouache, watercolor paintings depicting everyday life in the city
Morocco. 1950 - 1992
Painting
Iran, Islamic Republic of, France, Iran, Italy. 1924 - 2009
Abstract, leading edge modern art painting, collages, teaching
California / Iran, Islamic Republic of, France. Born 1963
Impasto pop art painting and sculpture
Morocco. 1934 - 1967
Painting and sculpture
Morocco. 1943 - 2023
Painting
Morocco. Born 1951
Painting
Morocco. 1920 - 1986
Painting
Morocco. 1923 - 1973
Painting
Morocco, France. 1861 - 1939
Oriental scenes, figure, genre paintings
France, Morocco. 1919 - 1972
Painting
Morocco. 1942 - 1971
Evolution from figurative to suggestive representation
Iraq. 1925 - 2004
Abstract painting with calligraphy
Morocco. 1945 - 2011
Naive art, painting
Morocco. 1934 - 2014
Painting and sculpture
California / Iran, Islamic Republic of. 1935 - 2019
Painting, sculpture, and architectural relief
Morocco. 1928 - 1974
Painting
Morocco. 1946 - 2003
Painting, sculpture, engraving