Farid Belkahia

Farid Belkahia
فريد بلكاهية
Born
Marrakesh, Morocco
Known forCasablanca School

Farid Belkahia (Arabic: فريد بلكاهية; 1934 - 2014) was a Moroccan modernist artist and education reformer.[1][2][3] He served as the director of the School of Fine Arts of Casablanca from 1962 to 1974, during the period of the Casablanca school modernist movement.[1] As an artist, he worked primarily in painting, metalwork and leatherwork.[4]

Personal life

He was born to a wealthy family in Marrakesh.[1] His father's circle of friends included the Polish artist Olek Teslar and the French artist Jeannine Guillou.[1] Through Guillou, Farid Belkahia met Nicolas de Staël in 1937.[1]

Belkahia studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Paris 1954 to 1959.[2] He continued his studies in Prague and returned to Morocco in 1962.[2]

Art

While he was influenced by the aesthetics of Western minimalism and modernism, he was also interested in visual cultures of Moroccan heritage, incorporating this into his work.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lakrissa, Fatima-Zahra. "Lives of the Artists: Farid Belkahia – Tate Etc". Tate. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Farid Belkahia". www.encyclopedia.mathaf.org.qa. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ Benchemsi, R. (2001-03-01). "FARID BELKAHIA: Eroticism in Malhoun: Rajae Benchemsi". Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art. 2001 (13–14): 80–85. doi:10.1215/10757163-13-14-1-80. ISSN 1075-7163.
  4. ^ a b "Farid Belkahia". Barjeel Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-07-19.