Chaïbia Talal Explained

Chaïbia Talal
Birth Date: 1929
Birth Place:Chtouka, Morocco
Death Place:Casablanca, Morocco
Nationality:Moroccan
Field:Painting
Movement:naive art

Chaïbia Talal (Arabic: الشعيبية طلال) (1929 – April 2, 2004) was a Moroccan painter.

Biography

Chaïbia was born in Choutka, a small village near El Jadida, Morocco in 1929.[1] At the age of 13, she was sent to Casablanca by her parents to marry a 70-year-old man.[2] By the age of 14 she had given birth to a son (Hocein), and by the age of 15 she had become a widow.[3] When her husband died, she worked as a maid to earn money to support herself and her son.[4] Talal was devoted to providing her son with an education, particularly academic literacy, although Talal herself would remain illiterate her entire life. After receiving art supplies from strangers in a dream, she was inspired to begin painting.[5]

Her work was not initially well received in the Moroccan art world.[6] Talal's son became a respected artist in his own right, and in 1965 introduced Talal to the director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Pierre Gaudibert who was impressed by her work. Following this meeting, her works were exhibited at the Goeth-institute in Casablanca and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in 1966.

Being a self-taught artist, Talal was known for breaking traditional boundaries. Her work is categorized as "utsider art" which illustrates unconventional ideas by members of non-traditional art movements.[7] She was influenced by the works of artists from the CoBrA painting movement. Her work is also considered by some people, such as journalist Ahmed El Fassi, to be an naïve.[3]

In 2015, Moroccan filmmaker Youssef Britel created biographical movie, entitled Chaïbia. The film was written by David Villemin and Youssef Britel, and starring Saadia Azgoun as Chaïbia Talal.[8]

In 2004, Talal died of a heart attack in Casablanca at the age of 75.[9]

Talal's work continues to be shown including in the Qatar-Morocco 2024 Year of Culture where Talal's work was included in section on Women in Society.[10]

Expositions

Awards

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: 1 December 2015 . Cinéma: Chaïbia, La Paysanne des Arts, en salles le 16 décembre . Cinema: Chaïbia, La Paysanne des Arts, in theaters on December 16 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20190715054543/https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2015/12/01/chaibia-la-paysanne-des-a_n_8691750.html . 15 July 2019 . 1 April 2018 . HuffPost Maghreb . fr .
  2. Web site: Chaïbia Talal . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230508171153/https://www.artnet.com/artists/chaibia-talal/ . 8 May 2023 . 1 December 2020 . Artnet.
  3. News: Al Hajri . Ibrahim . 4 October 2014 . المغربية الشعيبية طلال.. طفولة رسم . Moroccan Chaibia Talal.. childhood drawing . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127004740/http://www.aljazeera.net/news/cultureandart/2014/4/10/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85 . 27 January 2022 . 1 April 2018 . . ar.
  4. News: 3 January 2015 . Festival National du Film de Tanger: "Chaibia, la paysanne des arts", un portrait haut en couleurs de l'artiste peintre Chaibia Talal . Tangier National Film Festival: “Chaibia, the peasant of the arts”, a colorful portrait of the painter Chaibia Talal . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20190715054540/https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2015/02/25/chaibia-talal_n_6750514.html . 15 July 2019 . 1 April 2018 . HuffPost Maghreb . fr.
  5. News: 3 April 2004 . Chaïbia portée en terre: les couleurs du terroir en deuil . Chaibiia brought to earth: the colors of the earth in mourning . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230507000420/https://lematin.ma/journal/2004/Chaibia-portee-en-terre--les-couleurs-du-terroir-en-deuil/38986.html . 7 May 2023 . 1 April 2018 . . fr.
  6. Web site: Enger . Reed . 6 October 2018 . Chaïbia Talal . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230609172734/https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/chaibia-talal/ . 9 June 2023 . 10 March 2022 . Obelisk Art History . en.
  7. Web site: Gianaris . Kristen . 30 May 2020 . Chaibia Talal, Morocco’s Most Famed 20th Century Painter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230508171208/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/05/303882/chaibia-talal-moroccos-most-famed-20th-century-painter/ . 8 May 2023 . 1 December 2020 . . en-US.
  8. Web site: Chaïbia (2015) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230507000420/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2964622/?ref_=tt_mv_close . 7 May 2023 . 1 April 2018 . IMDb.
  9. Web site: September 2020 . Chaibia Talal . live . https://archive.today/20240408015553/https://momaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chaibia-Talal.jpg . 8 April 2024 . 1 December 2020 . MoMAA African Modern Online Art Gallery & Lifestyle . en-GB . Image file of Chaibia Talal.
  10. Web site: 19 March 2024 . Museums in Qatar highlight Moroccan culture, artistry . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240319074837/https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/19/03/2024/museums-in-qatar-highlight-moroccan-culture-artistry . 19 March 2024 . 7 April 2024 . . en.
  11. News: 9 February 2004 . L’art naïf s’expose à Rabat: Chaïbia est sa propre source d’inspiration . Naive art is exhibited in Rabat: Chaïbia is its own source of inspiration . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230508165340/https://lematin.ma/journal/2004/L-et-8217art-naif-s-et-8217expose-a-Rabat--Chaibia-est-sa-propre-source-d-et-8217inspiration/37113.html . 8 May 2023 . 1 April 2018 . . fr.

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