Abdelaziz Gorgi () (born 2 June 1928—died 10 January 2008) was a

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n artist. He was one of the founders of the Tunis School of painting and one of the most prominent members of Tunisia's cultural scene.

Biography

Gorgi was born in the Tunisian medina in 1928 and studied at the

Tunis Institute of Fine Arts The Tunis Institute of Fine Arts (french: Institut supérieur des beaux-arts de Tunis) is a fine arts institute in Tunis, Tunisia. Founded in 1923, its seat was located at the ''Dribat'' Ben Abdallah near '' Tourbet el Bey'' with its former name T ...

before beginning an artistic career in

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. He helped create the Tunis School of painting which he led until 1983. He established his own art gallery, the Gorgi Gallery, in 1973 which mainly shows works of new Tunisian artists. His paintings and tapestries have been featured in exhibitions across the world. Gorgi taught drawing, ceramics and painting at the Institute of Fine Arts from 1959 to 1983. Gorgi was honored by President

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...

on several occasions. Once, Ali gave him the Grand Ribbon of National Merit for culture in 1999, as well as the President's Prize for innovation and creation on November 7, 2000. Besides these awards granted by the president, he received the Award of Merit in the field of visual arts in 1990. Gorgi died on January 10, 2008, in Tunis, aged 79. He was buried at the cemetery of

Sidi Bou Said Sidi Bou Said ( ar, سيدي بو سعيد ') is a town in northern Tunisia located about 20 km from the capital, Tunis. Named for a religious figure who lived there, Abu Said al-Baji, it was previously called Jabal el-Menar. The town it ...

the next day.

Bibliography

*Tahar Guiga, ''Abdelaziz Gorgi : la quête de la lumière'', éd. Cérès, Tunis, 1987 *

Albert Memmi Albert Memmi ( ar, ألبير ممّي; 15 December 1920 – 22 May 2020) was a French-Tunisian writer and essayist of Tunisian-Jewish origins. Biography Memmi was born in Tunis, French Tunisia in December 1920, to a Tunisian Jewish Berber ...

, ''Gorgi'', éd. Alif, Tunis

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorgi, Abdelaziz Tunisian artists 1928 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Tunisian painters Tunis Institute of Fine Arts alumni