Jilali gharbaoui biography channels
JILALI GHARBAOUI (MOROCCAN, 1930 - Jilali Gharbaoui (Arabic: الجيلالي الغرباوي; –) was a Moroccan painter and sculptor from Jorf El Melha. [1] He is considered, along with Ahmed Cherkaoui, a pioneer of modernist art in Morocco. [1].
Jilali Gharbaoui's trip to Paris,
Jilali Gharbaoui is known for Landscape and non-representational painting. Considered to be the first Moroccan painter to use the non-representational style, Jilali Gharbaoui was orphaned at the age of ten and was placed in an orphanage.Born in the Sidi In the French capital city, Gharbaoui enjoyed the vivid cultural life, by frequenting intellectuals, and artistic places. More specifically, he encountered, and befriended the influent French art critic Pierre Restany (), as well as the Belgian-born poet, and painter Henri Michaux ().
Born in 1930 in Alexandria, Art Morocco, held at Meem Gallery this spring, presents the rare opportunity to view the work of Moroccan modern masters Mohammed Melehi, Ahmed Cherkaoui and Jilali Gharbaoui. Pioneers of modern abstract painting in Morocco, their work demonstrates how, following the country’s independence in , artists created an aesthetic dialogue.