Farid Belkahia
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Prague Theater Institute, 1959-1962
Brera Academy, 1965-1966Farid Belkahia | |
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فريد بلكاهية | |
| Born | 1934, November 15 |
| Died | 2014, September 25 |
| Alma mater | Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1954-1959
Prague Theater Institute, 1959-1962 Brera Academy, 1965-1966 |
| Known for | Casablanca School |
Farid Belkahia (Arabic: فريد بلكاهية; 1934 - 2014) was a Moroccan modernist artist and education reformer.[1][2][3] He served as the director of the School of Fine Arts of Casablanca from 1962 to 1974, during the period of the Casablanca school modernist movement.[1] As an artist, he worked primarily in painting, metalwork and leatherwork.[4]
He was born to a wealthy family in Marrakesh.[1] His father's circle of friends included the Polish artist Olek Teslar and the French artist Jeannine Guillou.[1] Through Guillou, Farid Belkahia met Nicolas de Staël in 1937.[1]
Education and career life
Belkahia studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Paris 1954 to 1959.[2] He continued his studies in Prague at the Prague Theater Institute from 1959 to 1962 and thereafter furthered his studies at the Brera Academy in Milan until 1966.[2][5] In 1962 he was appointed as Director of the Casablanca School of Fine Arts and served until 1974.
