Medhi Qotbi (1951) - Composition Abstraite en bleu...

We now present to you this very beautiful original engraving by the artist Mehdi QOTBI (1951), contemporary Franco-Moroccan painter. Title: Composition in Blue. Artist: Mehdi QOTBI (1951). Technique: original lithograph Signed in pencil at the bottom right. Artist’s proof. Format: 65 cm x 49.8 cm. Condition: Good. Mehdi QOTBI Born in 1951 in Rabat, Morocco Contemporary Franco-Moroccan painter President of the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco since 2011 Biography: Modest childhood in Rabat, Takaddoum neighborhood. Studied at Lalla Aicha school. At 12, he entered the Kenitra military high school. He discovers a passion for drawing by sketching a tiger on a wall. 1967-1968 – School of Fine Arts of Rabat. Determining encounter with Jilali Gharbaoui, a pioneer of abstraction in Morocco. 1969 – Leaves Morocco for France. Enrolls at the Fine Arts School of Toulouse. 1972 – Graduates from the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, the youngest graduate in France at the time. 1972-1974 – National School of Fine Arts of Paris. 1973 to 2007 – Teaches visual arts (Auxerre, La Rochefoucauld high school Paris 7th) while continuing his artistic career. His art: Abstract painting marked by calligraphy, dancing writing, and signs. Influences include Monet, Paul Klee, Pollock. Collaborations with writers: Senghor, Michel Butor, Nathalie Sarraute, Octavio Paz. Works housed in museums: Centre Pompidou, Paris; City of Paris Museum; Menil Collection, Houston; museums in Morocco. 2024-2025 – Grand retrospective "A Life, a Work" at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris."}

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