Souhila Belbahar Explained

Souhila Belbahar
Native Name:سهيلة بلبحار
Birth Date:17 February 1934
Birth Place:Blida, French Algeria

Souhila Belbahar (alternatively Souhila Bel Bahar; 17 February 1934 – 23 March 2023) was an Algerian painter. In 2018, she was awarded Algeria's National Order of Merit.

Biography

Belbahar was born in Blida, Algeria, in 1934.[1] [2] A self-taught artist,[3] she held her first exhibition in 1971, at the age of 37. Since that time, she has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Algiers. 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. The museum held a retrospective exhibition of her works in 2008. In 2016, the museum published Il pleut des jasmins sur Alger, a biography of Belbahar written by her daughter, Dalila Hafiz.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plongée dans l'univers de l'artiste Souhila Bel Bahar: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com. Amokrane. Imène. 14 December 2016. Liberté. FR. 16 March 2020.
  2. Web site: La peinture est mon refuge. Baba-Hadji. Farouk. 29 May 2008. Le Midi. fr. 16 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Belbahar, Souhila. 13 October 2011. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. en. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00015442. 978-0-19-977378-7 . 19 March 2020.
  4. Book: Grand Maghreb. 1986. Centre d'information sur le Grand Maghreb. 15. fr.
  5. Web site: Des médailles de l'ordre du mérite décernées à des hommes de lettre, intellectuels et artistes algériens et étrangers. Algérie Presse Service. fr-fr. 19 March 2020.
  6. https://www.lexpressiondz.com/info-en-continu/l-artiste-peintre-souhila-belbahar-n-est-plus-335272 L'artiste peintre Souhila Belbahar n'est plus