Naziha Salim was a painter, professor, author and one of the most influential artists in Iraq’s contemporary art scene. Her artwork hangs at the Sharjah Art Museum and the Modern Art Iraqi Archive.
Google doodle pays tribute to one of Iraq’s most influential artists Naziha Salim on April 23, 2022 (saturday). “Today’s Doodle artwork is an ode to Salim’s painting style and a celebration of her long standing contributions to the art world!,” Google wrote.
Naziha Salim was a painter, professor, author and one of the most influential artists in Iraq’s contemporary art scene. On this day in 2020, she was spotlighted by the Barjeel Art Foundation in their collection of female artists.
Naziha Salim was born into a family of Iraqi artists in Istanbul, Turkey in 1927. Her father was a painter and her mother was a skilled embroidery artist. She had three brothers and they all worked in the arts. Jawad Salim, one of her brothers, was widely considered one of Iraq’s most influential sculptors.
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Salim studied arts at the Baghdad Fine Arts Institute and graduated with distinction. She was one of the Iraqi artists who received a scholarship to study abroad. She continued her education at the École Nationale Supérieure deas Beaux-Arts, Paris. She specialised in Fresco and mural painting while in Paris.
Eventually, Salim returned to Baghdad and taught at the Baghdad Fine Arts Institute until her retirement. She was one of the founding members of Al-Ruwwad, a community of artists that study abroad and incorporate European Art techniques into the Iraqi aesthetic.
Salim authored “Iraq: Contemporary Art” which was an important resource for the early development of Iraq’s modern art movement.
Naziha Salim’s work often depicts rural Iraqi women and peasant life. Her artwork hangs at the Sharjah Art Museum and the Modern Art Iraqi Archive. “There you can see the magic she created from dripping brushes and brimmed canvases,” Google wrote.
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