Anne Said

Said was born in Hook in Hampshire and was educated at Queen's College in central London from 1925 to 1930.^[1] During the 1930s she studied art in Paris, occasionally taking lessions from Amédée Ozenfant which she paid for by designing and selling fabrics.^[1][2] In 1941 Said moved to Egypt where she taught art to a group of students with her husband Hamed Said. This resulted in two group exhibitions held in Cairo in 1948 and 1955.^[1][2] Similar exhibitions were held in England hosted by the Arts Council during 1949 and in 1952 at the Islamic Cultural Centre in London.^[3] Later works by Said were included in a joint English and Egyptian limited edition book, The Word & The Image.^[2] Said returned to England in 1955 and had a solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1957 and also showed works at the New Art Centre.^[2][3] In 1960 she moved to Wiltshire and there, among other works, she produced the drawing Jo's Wild Wood which is now in the Tate collection.^[4][3]

Said's early works were signed Anne Cobham and her daughter is the artist Safaya Salter.^[1]

• 1 artwork by or after Anne Said at the Art UK site