Celebrating Naziha Salim- Google Doodle

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Naziha Salim was a painter, professor and one of the most influential artists in Iraq's contemporary art scene

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Salim was born in the year 1927 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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His father was a painter and his mother was an embroidery artist.

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Salim also had three brothers who all worked in the arts.

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His brother Jawad was widely known as Iraq's most influential sculptor.

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His brother Suad Salim was a designer and his third brother Rashid was a political cartoonist.

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Coming from such an artistic family, Salim was inspired to compose from a very young age.

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Salim studied painting and graduated from the Baghdad Institute of Fine Arts.

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She was also active in the arts community of Iraq.

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Salim also authored "Iraq: Contemporary Art", a handy resource for the early development of Iraq’s modern art movement.

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Salim's artwork is available at the Sharjah Art Museum and the Modern Art Iraqi Archive.

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