Souhila Belbahar | |
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سهيلة بلبحار | |
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Born | (1934-02-17)17 February 1934 |
Died | 23 March 2023(2023-03-23) (aged 89) |
Souhila Belbahar (alternatively Souhila Bel Bahar;[1] 17 February 1934 – 23 March 2023) was an Algerian painter. In 2018, she was awarded Algeria's National Order of Merit.
Belbahar was born in Blida, Algeria, in 1934.[2][1][3] A self-taught artist,[2] she held her first exhibition in 1971, at the age of 37.[3] Since that time, she has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Algiers.[2] 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.[2] The museum held a retrospective exhibition of her works in 2008.[3] In 2016, the museum published Il pleut des jasmins sur Alger, a biography of Belbahar written by her daughter, Dalila Hafiz.[1]
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]
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