baya mahieddine

[oriflamma]

Baya, as this self-taught artist is known, was orphaned at a young age and taken in by a French couple living in Algeria, who encouraged her to pursue her natural talents (although she remained illiterate). She began painting and sculpting in clay as early as 1943, and her adoptive parents brought her work to the attention of French artists and

Comments

bold !

[tdaschel]

beside of those, even a fine Uzbek suzani seems drab !

Re: bold !

[oriflamma]

There is something so whimsical and yet frightening about her pictures. It reminds me of a child drawing a picture of a strange dream. I love it.

[redbandaid]

beautiful.

[oriflamma]

i want dishes with those prints.

[jeffreywilliam]

hoo ha