Tahia Mohammed Halim ( ar, تحية محمد حليم; September 9, 1919 – May 24, 2003) was an
Egyptian painter
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. Tahia Halim was one of the pioneers of the Modern Expressive Movement in Egyptian Art in the 1960s, where she excelled in expressing the Egyptian character’s idiosyncrasies in her works. Many of her works concern the
Nubian culture, the
Nile, boats, and the popular and national subjects for which she has been granted several honorary awards in Egypt and abroad.
Biography
Tahia Halim was born in
Sudan
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, where her family were living. Her primary education was inside the
Royal Palace
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Africa
* Abdin Palace, Cairo
* Al-Gawhara Palace, Cairo
* Koubbeh Palace, Cairo
* Tahra Palace, Cairo
* Menelik Palace
* Jubilee Palace
* Guenete Leul Palace
* Imperial Palace- Massa ...
of Cairo, where she was raised, as her father was the laureate of King
Fuad I of Egypt.
Tahia Halim studied art under important drawing teachers as the Lebanese painter Yussef Trabelsi and the Greek artist Gerom; then under the Egyptian artist Hamed Abdallah at his studio 1943, and after their marriage, in 1945, they left for
Paris to join
Julian Academy
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(1949-1951). Came back to Egypt, they taught together art in their private studio, in Down Town (near Tahrir Square) in Cairo.
Tahia Halim received two devotion scholarships of Art Production in 1960 and in 1975.
Tribute
On September 9, 2015,
Google dedicated a
Doodle to the painter for the 96th anniversary of her birth. The Doodle reached all the countries of the
Arab World.
Exhibitions
; Solo shows-
* 1942 to 1996 many solo exhibitions in
England and Sweden.
* 1996 "55 Years of Arts" exhibition. Khan el-Maghrabi, Cairo. Egypt.
* 1992 Diplomates Hall, the Egyptian Cultural Center, Cairo. Egypt.
* 2004 Ewart Gallery, The
American University in Cairo
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(AUC). Egypt.
;International exhibitions
* 1954 São Paulo Biennail.
Brazil.
* 1955,1960,1970 Venice Biennial,
Italy.
* 1955,1958,1960
Alexandria Biennial
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for Mediterranean Countries. Egypt.
* 1957 Guggenheim International Competition, New York. USA.
* 2016 The Sea Suspended, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. Iran.
* 2016 The Short Century,
Sharjah Art Museum, UAE.
;Local exhibitions
* Tahia Halim took part in many national and group exhibitions and Cairo Salon, since 1943.
* 2004 1st Drawing Salon (Black and White), Gezera Art Center, Cairo. Egypt.
* 2007 "Inside the Frame" exhibition. Khan EL-MaghrabiGallery, Cairo. Egypt.
Prizes
; National
* 1960: Golden medal in Painting, on the Knowledge Day.
Egypt.
* 1969: The State Encouragemental Prize in Painting and the Order of Science and Art. Egypt.
* 1996 The State Encouragemental Prize. Egypt.
; International
* 1958
Guggenheim International Competition,
New York City. USA.
Collections
; Private collection
* Art lovers in Egypt and abroad.
* Barjeel Art Foundation
; State collection
*
Egyptian Modern Art Museum. Cairo, Egypt.
* Alexandria Modern Art Museum. Egypt.
* Modern Art Museum. Stockholm, Sweden.
References
External links
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1919 births
2003 deaths
20th-century Egyptian women artists
Fauvism
Egyptian painters
Egyptian Impressionist painters
Expressionist painters
Egyptian women painters