Tahia Halim


Tahia Mohammed Halim was an Egyptian painter. Tahia Halim was one of the pioneers of the Modern Expressive Movement in Egyptian Art in the 1960s, where she excelled in expressing the Egyptian character’s idiosyncrasies in her works. Many of her works concern the Nubian culture, the Nile, boats, and the popular and national subjects for which she has been granted several honorary awards in Egypt and abroad.

Biography

Tahia Halim was born in Sudan, where her family were living. Her primary education was inside the Royal Palace of Cairo, where she was raised, as her father was the laureate of King Fuad I of Egypt.
Tahia Halim studied art under important drawing teachers as the Lebanese painter Yussef Trabelsi and the Greek artist Gerom; then under the Egyptian artist Hamed Abdallah at his studio 1943, and after their marriage, in 1945, they left for Paris to join Julian Academy. Came back to Egypt, they taught together art in their private studio, in Down Town in Cairo.
Tahia Halim received two devotion scholarships of Art Production in 1960 and in 1975.

Tribute

On September 9, 2015, Google dedicated a Doodle to the painter for the 96th anniversary of her birth. The Doodle reached all the countries of the Arab World.

Exhibitions

; Solo shows-
;International exhibitions

;Local exhibitions
; National
; International
; Private collection
; State collection