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Salah Taher

Salah Taher (1911 - 2007) was active/lived in Egypt.  Salah Taher is known for Painting.

Born in Cairo, Salah Taher was an Egyptian painter and educator whose bold and dynamic approach to abstraction defined and influenced modern Egyptian art. He studied at the Academy of Fine Art, Cairo, completing his degree in 1934 and served as a lecturer there until 1954. Taher held many leadership positions throughout the Cairo arts community, including heading the Museum of Modern Arts in 1954, the Khedival Opera House in 1962, and the Society of Advocates of Fine Arts in the 1980s. Taher received numerous accolades for his work and contributions to the Cairo art community including the State Incentive Award, the Alexandria Biennale Award, and the Guggenheim Awards in 1959 and 1961. His work has been featured in more than eighty art exhibitions in Egypt, Venice, New York City, San Francisco, Geneva, Beirut, Kuwait and Jeddah.

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