Souhila Belbahar
Souhila Belbahar | |
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| سهيلة بلبحار | |
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| Born | 17 February 1934 |
| Died | 23 March 2023 (aged 89) |
Souhila Belbahar (alternatively Souhila Bel Bahar;[1] 17 February 1934 – 23 March 2023) was an Algerian painter. In 2018, she was awarded Algeria's National Order of Merit.
Biography[edit]
Belbahar was born in Blida, Algeria, in 1934.[2][1][3] A self-taught artist,[2] she held her first exhibition in 1971, at the age of 37.[3] Since that time, she has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Algiers.[2] The Algerian Cultural Centre in Paris hosted a solo exhibition of Belbahar's works in 1986.[4]
Belbahar exhibited at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers in 1984.[2] The museum held a retrospective exhibition of her works in 2008.[3] In 2016, the museum published Il pleut des jasmins sur Alger, a biography of Belbahar written by her daughter, Dalila Hafiz.[1]
In 2018, Belbahar was awarded the National Order of Merit by the Algerian Minister of Culture, Azzedine Mihoubi.[5]
Belbahar died on 23 March 2023, at the age of 89.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Amokrane, Imène (14 December 2016). "Plongée dans l'univers de l'artiste Souhila Bel Bahar: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com". Liberté (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Belbahar, Souhila". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 13 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00015442. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Baba-Hadji, Farouk (29 May 2008). "La peinture est mon refuge". Le Midi (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Grand Maghreb (in French). Centre d'information sur le Grand Maghreb. 1986. p. 15.
- ^ "Des médailles de l'ordre du mérite décernées à des hommes de lettre, intellectuels et artistes algériens et étrangers". Algérie Presse Service (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ L'artiste peintre Souhila Belbahar n'est plus (in French)
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