The doodle shows Aflatoun with her canvas of surrealist and cubist paintings, the ones that made critics call her “pioneer of modern Egyptian art,” according to Google’s description of the creative talent. Asian Art & Antiques. Aflatoun was imprisoned for four years during the era of Gamal Abdel Nasser for her involvement in the communist movement. [8] She was arrested and secretly[6] imprisoned during Nasser's roundup of communists in 1959. [5] She was able to continue painting during her imprisonment. A short documentary, that follows her through the countryside in her old age, can also be watched. Since 1942, she participated in the exhibitions of the avant-garde, "Art and Freedom Group". ⓘ Inji Aflatoun. In the short documentary at the exhibition, Aflatoun recaps her life during her old age as she walks through the fields in the countryside and draws the little children. In her memoirs she writes about a tree that she always drew from behind bars and her inmates called ‘Inji’s tree’. She even confessed in the documentary that she wants to get away from the artificiality of the city life, before riding on a donkey and leaving. [8] After graduating from the Fuad I University in Cairo, she was, with Latifa al-Zayyat, a founding member in 1945 of the Rabitat Fatayat at jami'a wa al ma' ahid (League of University and Institutes' Young Women). Inji Aflatoun pursued free studies in art. your own Pins on Pinterest. She was being mentored by the Egyptian artist Kamel El-Telmesany, who had later confessed to her that at first he was not very eager to teach a girl from the bourgeoisie class, who only learned painting as part of a package of learning knitting, piano and cooking. [5] Her interest was later renewed after visiting Luxor, Nubia, and the Egyptian oases. Her work focuses on exploring the notion of urban communication. See more ideas about egyptian art, egyptian, art. Preferred Access. Nov 7, 2018 - Explore Ibrahim Ezz's board "Enjy aflaton", followed by 375 people on Pinterest. ; 26 1/8 by 31 1/4 in. [15] Her art of later years is characterised by an increasing use of large white spaces around her forms. Jun 2, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by Fairouz Fawzy. Explore. [4], Aflatoun was born in Cairo in 1924 into a traditional Muslim family she described as "semi-feudal and bourgeois",[5] her father was an entomologist[6] and a landowner,[7] and her mother was a French-trained dress-designer who served in the Egyptian Red Crescent Society women's committee. Owning a personal book or reading a book in private was forbidden, as was making friends with other girls, chatting in the break and even looking in the mirror. [10] In 1942, she joined Iskra, a Communist youth party. [16], A Google Doodle on 16 April 2019 commemorated Aflatoun's 95th birth anniversary. View All Asian Art & Antiques; Asian Art & Antiques - General (513) Chinese Art & Antiques (25489) ... Inji Elfatoun, Inji Afflatoun, Inǧī Aflātūn, Inji Aflatoun, Inji Efflatoun. Art (3695) Ceramics & Pottery (7599) Decorative Art - General (80) Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts (2784) Glass (8793) Greek, Roman & Egyptian Antiquities (1991) Porcelain & China (6277) Silver & Vertu (6252) View All Decorative Art. Inji Aflatoun (16 April 1924–17 April 1989) was an Egyptian painter and activist in the women’s movement. https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/inji-aflatoun/m09gmb5z?hl=en Its blood was sneaking up upon the man to choke him and get its revenge. إنجي أفلاطون 2- Inji Aflaton (1924-1989) She is painter and feminist who expressed the worries of Egyptian women in her paintings and writings. Efflatoun recounts in her memoirs “From my childhood to prison,” how her ultimate source of happiness in her childhood was when she was painting. Inji Aflatoun was born in Cairo, April 16, 1924, in an upper-class Francophone family and her paintings greatly reflected the struggles of the working class in Egypt. [4][13] Another collection of her works is showcased at the Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah. Keywords: memoir, New Historicism, Inji Aflatoun, Egyptian modern history, Egyptian feminist movement, political activism. “When I first entered the prison I had a strong urge to draw and not to give in to the reality,” she writes in the memoirs. Egyptian artist and feminist Inji Aflatoun is being celebrated on what would have been her 95th birthday - If you’ve been on Google this morning, you’ve probably noticed today’s Google Doodle honouring Egyptian artist and women’s rights activist Inji Aflatoun, on what would have been her 95th birthday. In the prison no newspapers or books were allowed. Aya Tarek is a painter and street artist who lives and works in Alexandria, Egypt. Oct 11, 2016 - In the Woman’s Prison, Inji Efflatoun - SafarKhan Gallery, Cairo [6] Her paintings are filled with "lively brushstrokes of intense color" reminding some observers of Van Gogh[3] or Bonnard. [8] She later declared: "Nasser, although he put me in prison, was a good patriot. Feb 27, 2019 - Explore Sahar Abdel Aty's board "Inji Aflatoun", followed by 302 people on Pinterest. In her memoirs she describes her stay in prison in a very poignant manner. Critics described Aflatoun as a "pioneer of modern Egyptian art". Through her site-specific murals, she investigates ideas concerned with the surrounding public spaces. Through her site-specific murals, she investigates ideas concerned with the surrounding public spaces. Her paintings were about Egypt, Egyptian people, and very often their suffering, infused with an emotional immediacy that maintains its strength to this day. Inji Aflatoun is one of Egypt’s well-known painters and a leading feminist, and today Google honored what would have been her 95th birthday, with a Doodle dedicated to her. Contemporary Art. Discover (and save!) However, that was not the first prison in her life. Four of her important paintings of that exhibition were Roohy enty Taleka (Leave, you are free), El-Zawga El-Rabaa (The fourth wife), Yaamal Kalregaal (They Work like Men) and Lan Nansa (We won’t forget), in which she has drawn upon the mass demonstrations that took part on 15 November 1951. [5] In the years after her liberation, she exhibited in Rome and Paris in 1967, Dresden, East Berlin, Warsaw and Moscow in 1970, Sofia in 1974, Prague in 1975, New Delhi in 1979. When she thought she was about to get arrested, she held an exhibition and then disappeared completely. View auction details, art exhibitions and online catalogues; bid, buy and collect contemporary, impressionist or modern art, old masters, jewellery, wine, watches, prints, … Iranian Art .. Art. She was a “leading spokeswoman for the Marxist-progressive-nationalist-feminist movement in the late 1940s and 1950s”, as well as a “pioneer of modern Egyptian art” and “one of the important Egyptian visual artists”. "[6], During school, Aflatoun liked to paint and her parents encouraged her. Jul 21, 2019 - DUBAI: Inji Aflatoun, one of Egypt’s best-known painters and a leading feminist, was honored today with a Google Doodle to celebrate what would have been her 95th birthday. your own Pins on Pinterest. BARJEEL ART FOUNDATION Mailing Address Emirates Sail Tower, Level 4P Corniche Street, Buhairah Corniche Buhairah Corniche Al Majaz 3, Sharjah +971 6 569 1112 Her first prison in life was the strict catholic school that she was enrolled in until the fourth grade, the Sacred Heart. Lan Nansa was photographed by students and used as a political flyer, which led the authorities to take it down and return again later. (Courtesy Safarkhan Art Gallery) 8 / 8. Description: INJI EFFLATOUN (EGYPTIEN, 1924-1989) Composition surréaliste signé et daté 'Inji 42' (en bas à droite) huile sur toile, non rentoilée 70 x 60,2 cm. DUBAI: Inji Aflatoun, one of Egypt’s best-known painters and a leading feminist, was honored today with a Google Doodle to celebrate what would have been her 95th birthday. Inji Aflatoun (16 tháng 4 năm 1924 - 17 tháng 4 năm 1989) là họa sĩ người Ai Cập và là nhà hoạt động trong các phong trào của phụ nữ. Inji Efflatoun, the pioneer female artist and activist, is a shining example of the very best of modern Egyptian art. But Aflatoun’s ideology and fighting spirit enriched her work, and her work, in turn, enriched her activism. Inji Aflatoun pursued free studies in art. Jun 2, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by Art Lover. The doodle portrayed the great artist in front of her canvas of surrealist and cubist paintings. [6] A collection of her works is displayed at the Amir Taz Palace in Cairo. Inji Efflatoun was born to a bourgeois family in Cairo. Her paintings of that period are influenced by surrealism. View All Asian Art & Antiques; Asian Art & Antiques - General (513) Chinese Art & Antiques (25489) Indian & South Asian Art & Antiques (704) Japanese Art & Antiques (3775) Korean Antiques & Art (63) Southeast Asian Art & Antiques (736) More. Inji Aflatoun Inji Aflatoun (Arabic: إنجي أفلاطون ‎; 16 April 1924 – 17 April 1989) was an Egyptian painter and activist in the women's movement. Not abiding by these rules, Aflatoun was expelled starting her long history of rebellion. CAIRO – 16 April 2019: Google honored acclaimed late Egyptian painter and feminist Inji Aflatoun on April 16 with a Google doodle to celebrate what would have been her 95th birthday. Inji Efflatoun — AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes Inji Efflatoun was born in 1924 to a wealthy family from Cairo’s French-speaking aristocracy. When the order was out to arrest her, she moved to Suez for 45 days, then lived undercover in an apartment in Shubra owned by an old couple dressing up as a peasant. your own Pins on Pinterest. Saved from contemporaryartdaily.com. your own Pins on Pinterest Inji Aflatoun (Arabic: إنجي أفلاطون‎; 16 April 1924 – 17 April 1989 ) was an Egyptian painter and activist in the women's movement. Soldier (Fedayeen), 1970, oil on canvas on wood by Inji Aflatoun. Her mother, a divorcee, opened the first tailoring shop run by a woman. The high-ranking officer told him: you have Inji Aflatoun, this is the opportunity of a lifetime, let her draw everything with full freedom, and this is an order. She wondered how such an injustice could be seen in a place dedicated to asceticism. She held her first exhibition in March 1952, which had a revolutionary air. It is in prison that Aflatoun came to appreciate nature very much. “I, who speak French, have wasted eighteen years of my life in this cellophane-wrapped society. CAIRO – 16 April 2019: Google honored acclaimed late Egyptian painter and feminist Inji Aflatoun on April 16 with a Google doodle to celebrate what would have been her 95th birthday. Aflatoun, born in 1924 has weaved her path in life through breaking well-established orders. She further pursued her art education under the tutelage of Kamel El Telmissany, one of the founders of the Art and Freedom movement. Postmodern Art. “Many talk about Inji Aflatoun as an artist first and foremost, but this is not true. Jun 2, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by Art Lover. A permanent exhibition has been recently opened for the artist, who is identified with her political activity as much as her art. Her mother, a divorcee, opened the first tailoring shop run by a woman. “My main desire during that time was to express the reality and the dreams of the working man that toils under horrendous working conditions without a law that protects him,” she writes “I wanted to reveal the exploitation of man to man.”. With time, she made a deal with the head of the women’s prison, who liked drawing as well, that she would paint on condition that it would become the prison’s property. Her political activism was the more important aspect,” said the artist Ezzedine Naguib, who had known her personally. Tarqab (expectation), c. 1940, ink on paper by Inji Aflatoun. Jun 2, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by Art Lover. The doodle portrayed the great artist in front of her canvas of surrealist and cubist paintings. Badran, Margot. What also repelled her greatly from the school was the noticeable class structure. Discover (and save!) Other moving paintings are those that capture scenery outside the prison walls through the bars. Jun 2, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by Art Lover. “Many talk about Inji Aflatoun as an artist first and foremost, but this is not true. [7] She wrote Thamanun milyun imraa ma'ana (Eighty Million Women with Us) in 1948 and Nahnu al-nisa al-misriyyat (We Egyptian Women)[11] in 1949. She describes her exposure to a different side of the society that she did not know much about as she talks about women getting imprisoned to cover up for their husband’s dealing in drugs or a woman who killed her father for forcing her to marry a much older man. Aside from her conceptual approach, her vibrant, comical works transmit a sense of simplicity and controversy. Born in 1924, to a wealthy, Muslim family who lived in Cairo’s French-speaking aristocracy, Inji Aflatoun (sometimes written as Efflatoun) began painting at school before making it her professional career and showcasing individual exhibits in Cairo, Alexandria, the Venice Biennale in 1952 and the São Paulo Art Biennial in 1956. Inji Aflatoun (16 tháng 4 năm 1924 - 17 tháng 4 năm 1989) là họa sĩ người Ai Cập và là nhà hoạt động trong các phong trào của phụ nữ. Let her draw whatever she wants.”. (27 … Inji Aflatoun was an Egyptian painter and activist in the womens movement. BARJEEL ART FOUNDATION Mailing Address Emirates Sail Tower, Level 4P Corniche Street, Buhairah Corniche Buhairah Corniche Al Majaz 3, Sharjah +971 6 569 1112 Tahia Halim (Egyptian, 1919–2003) was a painter celebrated for her poetic and folkloric images of Egypt, frequently depicting boats on the Nile, Nubian women, and domestic life. 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