Her grandmother cared for her until 1942, after which Marguerite Caminat Benhoura became her adoptive parent. PERSONAL HISTORYīorn on 12 December 1931 in Bordj-el-Kifan near Algiers, Baya was orphaned five years later. Her distinctive style has attracted the attention and inspired the commentary of such figures as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, ASSIA DJEBAR, and Jean Pélégri. Using gouache (a medium resembling watercolor) Baya portrays women, animals, and floral motifs with decorative patterns and vivid colors that seem to blend ancient Islamic art with modern occidental abstractionism.
Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine (Madiedine, Mehiedine born Fatma Haddad), known simply as Baya, illustrates an imaginative world of fantasy through her semifigur-ative, semiabstract approach to painting.
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