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1929 - 2004. Known for: Naive, bold color paintings and ink drawings on large canvases.
Moroccan Painter. The arrival of Chaïbia in the art world is quite a legend: several signs predestined the young woman. In a zaouia, a Muslim sanctuary, a blind and deaf woman told her that she had a... Read full biography
Moroccan Painter. The arrival of Chaïbia in the art world is quite a legend: several signs predestined the young woman. In a zaouia, a Muslim sanctuary, a blind and deaf woman told her that she had a hidden talent. One night, Chaïbia dreamt that voices urged her to pick up a canvas and paintbrush.... Read full biography
Moroccan Painter. The arrival of Chaïbia in the art world is quite a legend: several signs predestined the young woman. In a zaouia, a Muslim sanctuary, a blind and deaf woman told her that she had a hidden talent. One night, Chaïbia dreamt that voices urged her to pick up a canvas and paintbrush. The next day, encouraged by her artist son, she began painting with her fingers on cardboard and wood. Married at the age of 13, Chaïbia was a widowed mother by 15. To make a living, she cleaned wool.... Read full biography
Moroccan Painter. The arrival of Chaïbia in the art world is quite a legend: several signs predestined the young woman. In a zaouia, a Muslim sanctuary, a blind and deaf woman told her that she had a hidden talent. One night, Chaïbia dreamt that voices urged her to pick up a canvas and paintbrush. The next day, encouraged by her artist son, she began painting with her fingers on cardboard and wood. Married at the age of 13, Chaïbia was a widowed mother by 15. To make a living, she cleaned wool. She never went to school and was illiterate for all of her life. Her son had a painting studio. One day, the painter Ahmed Cherkaoui (1934–1967), accompanied by the curator and critic Pierre Gaudibert, visited the studio, where they discovered the... Read full biography
Moroccan Painter. The arrival of Chaïbia in the art world is quite a legend: several signs predestined the young woman. In a zaouia, a Muslim sanctuary, a blind and deaf woman told her that she had a hidden talent. One night, Chaïbia dreamt that voices urged her to pick up a canvas and paintbrush. The next day, encouraged by her artist son, she began painting with her fingers on cardboard and wood. Married at the age of 13, Chaïbia was a widowed mother by 15. To make a living, she cleaned wool. She never went to school and was illiterate for all of her life. Her son had a painting studio. One day, the painter Ahmed Cherkaoui (1934–1967), accompanied by the curator and critic Pierre Gaudibert, visited the studio, where they discovered the canvases of Chaïbia. Gaudibert encouraged her to exhibit her work. In 1966, her pieces were shown with success at the Goethe Inst... Read full biography
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