Naziha Salim : Google Doodle Celebrates Iraqi Contemporary Art Genius

Google Celebrates Iraqi Contemporary Art Genius Naziha Salim With A Doodle

Nazhia Salim was born into a family of Iraqi artists in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Google celebrates Iraqi contemporary art genius Naziha Salim with a doodle today.

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Salim was born into a family of Iraqi artists in Istanbul, Turkey in 1927.

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Naziha Salim studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris on scholarship after her graduation with distinction from the Baghdad Fine Arts Institute.

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Salim was also one of the founding members of Al-Ruwwad, an artists' community that study abroad and incorporate art techniques into the Iraqi aesthetic.

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Her artwork hangs at the Sharjah Art Museum and the Modern Art Iraqi Archive.

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