Google celebrates Iraqi up to date artwork genius Naziha Salim with a doodle immediately. On at the present time in 2020, the painter-professor, described as “one of the crucial influential artists in Iraq’s up to date artwork scene”, was spotlighted by the Barjeel Artwork Basis of their assortment of feminine artists, Google stated.
“Her work typically depicts rural Iraqi ladies and peasant life by way of daring brush strokes and vivid colours,” it stated. “Right this moment’s Doodle art work is an ode to Salim’s portray fashion and a celebration of her lengthy standing contributions to the artwork world!”
Salim was born right into a household of Iraqi artists in Istanbul, Turkey in 1927. Her father was a painter and her mom was an embroidery artist. She had three brothers all of whom labored within the arts. Jawad Salim, one of many brothers, is taken into account one in all Iraq’s most influential sculptors.
Naziha Salim studied on the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris on scholarship after her commencement with distinction from the Baghdad High-quality Arts Institute. She specialised in fresco and mural portray whereas in Paris.
She returned to Baghdad after spending a number of years overseas and taught on the High-quality Arts Institute till she retired. Salim was additionally one of many founding members of Al-Ruwwad, an artists’ group that examine overseas and incorporate artwork methods into the Iraqi aesthetic.
She authored “Iraq: Modern Artwork” which focuses on the early growth of Iraq’s fashionable artwork motion. Her art work hangs on the Sharjah Artwork Museum and the Fashionable Artwork Iraqi Archive.