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Hussein Shariffe

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Description: Hussein Shariffe (1934-2005)

They Always Appear

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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.

Ahmad Mohammad Shibrain

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Description: Ahmad Mohammad Shibrain (1931-2017) 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. He was a prominent graphic designer in Sudan, part of the Arabic Hurufiyya movement and the leading figure of the Khartoum School movement to introduce Arabic calligraphy to painting. After his return to Sudan in 1960, he established a department for Graphic Design at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum, and in 1975 he became the college dean. In 1996 he founded Shibrain Art Centre in Khartoum. Ahmad Mohammad Shibrain died in 2017.

Mohammed (Mo) Abdullah Abbaro's studio

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Description: Mohammed (Mo) Abdullah Abbaro's studio, London, UK, 2013.

Artwork by Abdal Razig Abdal Gafar

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Description: Artwork by Abdal Razig Abdal Gafar.

Artwork by Abdal Razig Abdal Gafar

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Description: Artwork by Abdal Razig Abdal Gafar.

Artwork by Giha / Musa Qism al-Din

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Description: Artwork by Giha / Musa Qism al-Din.

Artwork by Ibrahim Al Awam

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Description: Artwork by Ibrahim Al Awam (1935-2017).

Artwork by Hussein Jamman

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Description: Artwork by Hussein Jamman.

Abdal Razig Abdal Gafar

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Description: Abdal Razig Abdal Gafar

Artwork by Ahmad Mohammad Shibrain

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Description: Artwork by Ahmad Mohammad Shibrain. Ahmad Mohammad Shibrain (1931-2017) 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. He was a prominent graphic designer in Sudan, part of the Arabic Hurufiyya movement and the leading figure of the Khartoum School movement to introduce Arabic calligraphy to painting. After his return to Sudan in 1960, he established a department for Graphic Design at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum, and in 1975 he became the college dean. In 1996 he founded Shibrain Art Centre in Khartoum. Ahmad Mohammad Shibrain died in 2017.

Atbara train

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Description: As for the Atbara train, it arrived to Khartoum in support of the December revolution on August 17, 2019, and was celebrated by the revolutionaries along the road from Atbara.

Artwork by Taj el-Sir Ahmed

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Description: Artwork by Taj el-Sir Ahmed.

Artwork by Sharhabil Ahmed

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Description: Artwork by Sharhabil Ahmed (1935-).

Artwork by Omer Khairy

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Description: Artwork by Omer Khairy (1939-1999).

Hussein Shariffe's studio

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Description: Hussein Shariffe's studio, Cairo, 1994.

Artwork by Hussein Jamman

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.thekhartoumschool

Description: Artwork by Hussein Jamman.

Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq

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Description: Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq (1939-)

Sharhabil Ahmed

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Description: Sharhabil Ahmed (1935-)

Artwork by Abdel Basit El-Khatim

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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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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.

Atbara train

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Collection: issamahmedabdelhafiez.atbaratrain2019

Description: As for the Atbara train, it arrived to Khartoum in support of the December revolution on August 17, 2019, and was celebrated by the revolutionaries along the road from Atbara.