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Shakir Hassan Al-Said, 1925-2004, IRAQI
LADY WITH THE HAT, c. 1956
Oil on canvas
45 by 32cm.; 17 3/4 by 12 1/2 in.
Private collection
Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925–2004), an
Iraqi painter, sculptor and writer, is considered one of Iraq's most innovative
and influential artists.
Born in
Samawa, Al Said lived, worked and died in Bagdad. In 1948 he received a
degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and
in 1954 a diploma in painting from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. He
continued his studies at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris
until 1959. During his stay in Paris, he discovered Western modern art in
galleries and Sumerian art at the Louvre. He returned to Baghdad in 1959.
He
co-founded in 1951 with Jawad Saleem Jama'et Baghdad lil Fann al-Hadith
(Baghdad Modern Art Group), one of the most unusual arts movements in the
Middle East in the post–World War II, itwas called Istilham al-turath (Seeking
inspiration from tradition), considered as "the basic point of departure,
to achieve through modern styles, a cultural vision". He headed the group
after the death of Saleem in 1961.[12]
In 1971,
he founded Al Bu'd al Wahad (the One-dimension Group)", which promoted the
modern calligraphic school in Arab art.
His work is collected by major museums, such as Mathaf:
Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, the Guggenheim in New York, and Sharjah Art
Museum. More on Shakir
Hassan Al Said
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