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Google Doodle celebrates Iraqi artist Naziha Salim

Google Doodle celebrates Iraqi artist Naziha Salim
Written by Lahari Basu
Apr 23, 2022, 11:42 am 2 min read
Google Doodle celebrates Iraqi artist Naziha Salim
The doodle today pays an ode to Salim's style of painting and her contribution to Iraq's modern art. (Photo credit: Google Doodle)

Google Doodle celebrates Iraq's contemporary artist Naziha Salim today. An artist, professor, and author, Naziha Salim wrote a book on the history of modern art in Iraq, Iraq: Contemporary Art, in 1977. On April 23, 2020, Salim's work was highlighted by the Barjeel Art Foundation in their collection of female artists. Today's doodle honors her painting style and input to the art world!

#1
Born into an artist's family

She was born into a family of Iraqi artists in Turkey. Both her parents and all her older siblings were artists. The theme of her paintings revolves around women and family. Her paintings represent her own family, rural Iraqi women, and Mesopotamian and Arab goddesses. Salim's participation in experimental movements is reflected in her paintings. They focused on the changes in women's lives.

#2
Education

In the 1940s, she graduated from the Baghdad Fine Arts Institution and then studied art education in Paris at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. She was one of the first women to study abroad with a scholarship. There, Salim specialized in fresco and mural painting. She later taught at the Fine Arts Institute in Baghdad from 1960 until her retirement in the '80s.

#3
Influencing future generations

She was a foundation member of the arts group Al-Ruwwad, which was also known as the "Avante Garde or Primitive group." The first group of Iraqi artists studied abroad and sought to incorporate modern European art techniques with an Iraqi appeal. They eventually influenced the following generations of Iraqi artists. Salim's book is a crucial resource for the development of Iraq's modern art movement.

#4
Legacy

Former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani had described her as "the first Iraqi woman who anchored the pillars of Iraqi contemporary art." Naziha Salim became paralyzed after suffering a stroke in 2003. She died at 81. President Talabani termed her demise a "big loss to Iraqi art and culture." Naziha Salim's artwork can be viewed at the Sharjah Art Museum and Modern Art Iraqi Archive.

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Having worked in the media industry for six years, Lahari currently writes Lifestyle stories for NewsBytes. Before this, she worked with Microsoft News and Dainik Bhaskar group. An avid traveller, home cook, crocheter, and movie buff, Lahari is always on the lookout for good food, colourful yarns, innovative and thoughtful cinema, and cats! With words as a weapon, nature as strength, optimism as fuel, and an undying thirst for discovery, she is out on a lifelong journey to seek and experience the unknown.
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