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Name
  
Ammar Farhat


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Died
  
March 2, 1987, Tunis, Tunisia

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Ammar Farhat (1911 – March 2, 1987) was a famous Tunisian painter. He was one of the ten members of the School of Tunis.

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Early life

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Born to a poor family in Béja, Farhat moved with them to Tunis when he was seven years old. He had difficult times in Tunis where he worked in several part-time jobs to secure his living. Farhat began his art career at age fifteen by selling portraits of Egyptian singers to cafés.

Painting career

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His first participation in a painting gallery was in 1938 at a collective gallery. Two years later, he set up his first personal gallery at a headquarters of a local newspaper.

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In 1949, Farhat joined the School of Tunis and won the Young Artist Prize, which helped him to move to Paris, where he became a member of the Parisian art scene. In 1984, he won the National Art Prize.

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During his career, Farhat was interested the everyday life of workers and artisans. Rural life, reflective of his childhood, was the subject of many of his paints.

Legacy

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Married to the visual artist Safia Farhat, he died on March 2, 1987 in Tunis. He was seen as one of the most important and influential Tunisian painters.

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A cultural centre in Béja is named after him.

References

Ammar Farhat Wikipedia


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