Madiha Omar
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Aleppo |
Syria | |
Died | New York |
United States | |
Amman | |
Jordan | |
2005 | |
Amman | |
Jordan | |
Periods | Hurufiyya movement |
Date of birth | January 1,1908 |
Period by artworks | Hurufiyya movement |
Movement | One Dimension Group; Hurufiyya movement |
Education | Corcoran School of the Arts and Design |
Maria Grey Training College | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 982387 |
Madiha Omar Life story
Madiha Umar was an Iraqi artist who was known for incorporating calligraphy with abstract art. She is generally perceived as the first Arab artist to have done this. Therefore, she is seen as the precursor to the Hurufiyya movement.