Nourredine Chegrane (1942) - Calligraphy And Symbol Algeria

Nourredine CHEGRANE (born in Rabat in 1942) Calligraphy Gouache on paper, signed lower right. 27.5 x 19.5 cm (without frame) 31.5 * 39.5 cm (with frame) Nouredine Chegrane was born in Rabat in 1942, which he left for Algiers, and in 1966 he was admitted to the School of Architecture and Fine Arts of Algiers in the workshop of the great M'Hamed Issiakhem. He constantly explores in a constant but renewed way the reappropriation of the national heritage, he fully adhered to the "Aouchem" movement from its creation, and expresses with his brushes his deep attachment to the sign and symbolism of Berber culture, which constitutes the essence of his artistic creation. Almost all of his works reflect this principle and this state of mind. In his youth in Rabat and Algiers he was a member of a Jazz group known as "the Titans"; he played the harmonica and sometimes percussion. He exhibited throughout his career at the Algerian International in Warsaw, Moscow, Rome, Brussels, Paris, Marseille, Nîmes, Belgrade, East Berlin, Havana, Manila, Tokyo, Rabat, Tunis, Tripoli, Cairo, Kuwait ... Distinctions The first prize for painting in the city of Algiers in 1973 The first national prize for painting awarded by the Festival Committee of the city of Algiers in 1985 The gold medal obtained during the exhibition "Algerian painters" in Kuwait in 1971