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Hassan EL GLAOUI (Maroc, 1923 - 2018)

Fantasia Gouache on paper. 23 x 30 cm on view Signed lower right. We would like to thank the artist's heirs for confirming the registration of this work in their archives. A certificate may be issued at the purchaser's expense. *** Gouache on paper. Signed lower right. We would like to thank the artist's heirs for confirming the registration of this work in their archives. A certificate may be issued at the purchaser's expens. H: 23 x L: 30 cm Provenance : Private collection, acquired in Morocco in the 90s. Born into a large family of Berber warriors from the Atlas Mountains, Hassan El Glaoui was the eldest son of the last pasha of Morocco, Thami, and of Lalla Zineb El Mokri, daughter of the grand vizier El Mokri. A pioneer of modern painting in his country, he was immersed from an early age in a world of ancestral traditions, from which he escaped through drawing and painting. He cultivated his taste for the arts in secret, for fear of family judgment, until the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and the founder of New York's Museum of Modern Art, General Goodyear, discovered his work and encouraged him to pursue it. Hassan El Glaoui was sent to France at the end of the 1940s, where he remained for some fifteen years. He attended Jean Souverbie's classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, as well as the studio of painter Emilie Charmy. His first solo exhibition took place in Paris in 1950, followed by one in New York in 1952. In 1957, he took part in the 2nd Alexandria Biennial and in 1963 in the exhibition "Deux mille ans d'art au Maroc", at the Galerie Charpentier in Paris. In 1964, after a meeting with Prince Moulay Abdallah, he settled permanently in Morocco. His most emblematic works depict horses and riders in full cavalcade, notably at fantasias. For El Glaoui, horses were a passion, and he mastered their anatomy and movement. Moreover, his father's role and function made him a privileged witness to the public life of the court, and in particular of the King, whose public outings he portrayed. *** Hassan El Glaoui was born into a large family of Berber warriors from the Atlas mountains, the eldest son of the last pasha of Morocco, Thami, and of Lalla Zineb El Mokri, daughter of the grand vizier El Mokri. A pioneer of modern painting in his country, he was immersed from an early age in a world of ancestral traditions, from which he escaped through drawing and painting. He cultivated his taste for the arts in secret, for fear of family judgement, until the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and the founder of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, General Goodyear, discovered his work and encouraged him to pursue it. Hassan El Glaoui was sent to France at the end of the 1940s, where he stayed for some fifteen years. He attended Jean Souverbie's classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as the studio of the painter Emilie Charmy. His first solo exhibition was in Paris in 1950, followed by one in New York in 1952. In 1957, he took part in the 2nd Alexandria Biennial and in 1963 in the exhibition "Two thousand years of art in Morocco" at the Charpentier gallery in Paris. In 1964, after a meeting with Prince Moulay Abdallah, he settled permanently in Morocco. His most emblematic works depict horses and riders in full cavalcade, particularly at fantasias. Horses were a passion for El Glaoui, and he mastered their anatomy and movement. In addition, his father's role and function made him a privileged witness to the public life of the court, and in particular the King, whose public outings he depicted. MAIN SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 "Retrospective 60 years of painting", Attijariwafa Bank, Casablanca 2009 "Pacha de l'art", rempart Galerie, Marrakech 2005 Matisse art Gallery, Marrakech 1993 Exhibition in the Press House, London, G.B. 76-04 Hammer Galleries, New York, USA 1976 Galerie Venise cadre, Casablanca 1975 Galerie V, Paris, France 1973 Vernissage at the Tour Hassan Hotel, Rabat 70-73 Le savouroux, Casablanca 1969 Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium Tryon Galleries, London, UK Opening at the Tour Hassan Hotel, Rabat Center Culturel International, Hammamet, Tunisia 1968 Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London, UK 1967 Hammer Galleries, New York, USA 1965 Galerie Pierre Carrez, Paris, France 1964 Galerie Jean Berthier, Marseille, France Opening at the Hotel El Mansour, Casablanca 1963 Galerie Jeanne castel, Paris, France 59-63 Galerie Petrides, Paris, France 1951 Wildenstein Gallery, New York, USA 1950 André Weil Gallery, Paris, France

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Hassan EL GLAOUI (Maroc, 1923 - 2018)

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