Hassan El Glaoui (Moroccan, 1924-2018) Untitled
Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- Acquired directly from the artist; A private collection
- Today, Hassan el Glaoui is revered as one of Morocco's finest artistic talents
- However, his artistic ambitions were almost extinguished before they were kindled
- The son of His Excellency Hadj Thami El Mezouari El Glaoui, the last Pasha of Marrakesh, Hassan was destined to follow his father into politics
- Thami El Glaoui was descended from one of the oldest tribes of the Berber people
- He was a distinguished horseman and military strategist, earning him the nickname, the Black Panther
- He was not initially supportive of his son's desire to pursue a career in the arts
- However, Hassan's fortunes changed when one of his father's visitors, Winston Churchill, saw one of Hassan's paintings
- Churchill was himself an enthusiastic artist, and stressed to Thami El Glaoui that being a painter and being a statesman were not mutually exclusive
- Hassan was subsequently allowed to enrol in art school in Paris, where he held his first solo exhibition in 1950
- His talent was soon recognised, attracting attention from well known international collectors such as Anson Conger Goodyear, co-founder of the Museum of Modern Art in New York
- Like his father, Hassan el Glaoui was deeply devoted to his country of birth, and his paintings pay homage to Moroccan traditions
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