Tag: Khadiga Riad
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Khadiga Riaz’s Untitled, with Footnotes #81
Sold for 6,300 GBP in October 2021 Khadiga Riad was the daughter of Hamed El Alaily and grand daughter of Ahmed Chawki, born in 1914 in Cairo, Egypt, studied at the Mere de Dieu college and from 1950 to 1954. She is regarded as Egypt’s foremost female surrealist. Riad has many variations in the spelling of her…
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14 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes #4
Artists include: Laila Shawa, Khadiga Riad, Hamed Owais, Paul Guiragossian, Hossein Khosrojerdi, Hassan Hajjaj, Georges Hanna Sabbagh, Lalla Essaydi, Mahmoud Said and Sohrab Sepehri. Please follow link for full post
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14 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 4
Laila Shawa, B. 1940, PALESTINIAN THE ZAR (FROM THE WOMEN AND MAGIC SERIES), c. 1992 Acrylic on canvas 90.7 by 90.5cm.; 35¾ by 35½in Private collection The Zar is best described as a “healing cult” which uses drumming and dancing in its ceremonies. It also functions as a sharing of knowledge and charitable society among the women of…
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