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Portrait of a Lady

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Description: Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

Untitled

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

One Day I Happened to See a Ruler

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

The Last Sound

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim. Abdel Basit El-Khatim (1942-2020) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He studied art at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College). He taught art in the same college for about two decades. In the late 1960s he joined the Khartoum School movement, developing a unique technique of applying colors on glued blocks of carved wood, combined in non-symmetrical forms. Portraits, Arabic calligraphy, African masks, tropical plants and palms, are the signs generally articulated in his reliefs and paintings. He exhibited in Europe, USA, Arab Gulf countries. Abdel Basit El-Khatim died in 2020.

Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim. Abdel Basit El-Khatim (1942-2020) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He studied art at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College). He taught art in the same college for about two decades. In the late 1960s he joined the Khartoum School movement, developing a unique technique of applying colors on glued blocks of carved wood, combined in non-symmetrical forms. Portraits, Arabic calligraphy, African masks, tropical plants and palms, are the signs generally articulated in his reliefs and paintings. He exhibited in Europe, USA, Arab Gulf countries. Abdel Basit El-Khatim died in 2020.

Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim. Abdel Basit El-Khatim (1942-2020) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He studied art at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College). He taught art in the same college for about two decades. In the late 1960s he joined the Khartoum School movement, developing a unique technique of applying colors on glued blocks of carved wood, combined in non-symmetrical forms. Portraits, Arabic calligraphy, African masks, tropical plants and palms, are the signs generally articulated in his reliefs and paintings. He exhibited in Europe, USA, Arab Gulf countries. Abdel Basit El-Khatim died in 2020.

Artwork by Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah. Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah (1930-1999) was born in Berber, in the north of Sudan. He studied at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College) and the Central School of Arts and Design in London. As a member of the Khartoum School art movement, Rabbah was interested in local means of artistic expression. He was known for his unique technique of producing natural colours and visual aesthetic effects on wood using wax, lenses, and sunrays. He was Dean the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum in the early 1980s. Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah died in 1999.

Artwork by Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah. Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah (1930-1999) was born in Berber, in the north of Sudan. He studied at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College) and the Central School of Arts and Design in London. As a member of the Khartoum School art movement, Rabbah was interested in local means of artistic expression. He was known for his unique technique of producing natural colours and visual aesthetic effects on wood using wax, lenses, and sunrays. He was Dean the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum in the early 1980s. Magdhub Ahmad Rabbah died in 1999.

Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim. Abdel Basit El-Khatim (1942-2020) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He studied art at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College). He taught art in the same college for about two decades. In the late 1960s he joined the Khartoum School movement, developing a unique technique of applying colors on glued blocks of carved wood, combined in non-symmetrical forms. Portraits, Arabic calligraphy, African masks, tropical plants and palms, are the signs generally articulated in his reliefs and paintings. He exhibited in Europe, USA, Arab Gulf countries. Abdel Basit El-Khatim died in 2020.

Artwork by Ahmed Abdel Aal

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ahmed Abdel Aal. Ahmed Abdel Aal (1946-2008) was born in Kassala, in the east of Sudan. He Studied art at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College) and the University of Bordeaux in France. In the 1970s and 1980s he was the main figure among the second generation of the Khartoum School art movement. Later, he founded al-Wahid School art movement, exploring the expression of basic concepts of Islam through artistic visual language. Elaborating on his aesthetic philosophy, derived from the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi, he published numerous books on art and literature. Ahmed Abdel Aal died in 2008.

Artwork by Ahmed Abdel Aal

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ahmed Abdel Aal. Ahmed Abdel Aal (1946-2008) was born in Kassala, in the east of Sudan. He Studied art at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College) and the University of Bordeaux in France. In the 1970s and 1980s he was the main figure among the second generation of the Khartoum School art movement. Later, he founded al-Wahid School art movement, exploring the expression of basic concepts of Islam through artistic visual language. Elaborating on his aesthetic philosophy, derived from the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi, he published numerous books on art and literature. Ahmed Abdel Aal died in 2008.

Artwork by Ahmed Abdel Aal

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Ahmed Abdel Aal. Ahmed Abdel Aal (1946-2008) was born in Kassala, in the east of Sudan. He Studied art at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum (previously the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College) and the University of Bordeaux in France. In the 1970s and 1980s he was the main figure among the second generation of the Khartoum School art movement. Later, he founded al-Wahid School art movement, exploring the expression of basic concepts of Islam through artistic visual language. Elaborating on his aesthetic philosophy, derived from the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi, he published numerous books on art and literature. Ahmed Abdel Aal died in 2008.