Salah Taher

Egyptian, b. 1911

Salah-Taher

is a renowned painter who began his career as an art educator in Alexandria. He rose to fame in the 1960s when he began his tenure as the head of the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo.

In 1962 he was appointed the head of the Cairo Opera House and later on joined Al-Ahram newspaper adorning its walls with more than 35 paintings. His work has been exhibited in more than 80 art fairs in Egypt, Venice, NYC, San Francisco, Geneva, Beirut, Kuwait and Jeddah. His work is also part of the White House collection on rotation. In 1961 at the soft opening of the Bibliotheca Alexandria he was honored alongside Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz at an event called “the brush and the pen” with a book published about his work.

Salah Taher

Salah-Taher

is a renowned painter who began his career as an art educator in Alexandria. He rose to fame in the 1960s when he began his tenure as the head of the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo.

Selected Works

Unknown name

PE2606

1981
Oil
35 x 50 CM
13.8 x  19.7 Inches

Abstract

PE202

Acrylic
30 x 50 CM
11.8 x 19.7 Inches

Abstract

PE201

1995
Acrylic
50 x 35 CM
19.7 x 13.8 Inches

Tagredy

PE197

1989
Acrylic
25 x 35 CM
9.8 x 13.8 Inches

Tagredy

PE198

1982
Acrylic
25 x 35 CM
9.8 x 13.8 Inches

Abstract

PE196

1996
Acrylic
50 x 35 CM
19.7 x  13.8 Inches

Abstract

PE195

1995
Acrylic
40 x 30 CM
15.7 x 11.8 Inches

People

PE193

1985
Acrylic
70 x 50 CM
27.6 x  19.7 Inches
 1972
  Oil on Canvas
 60 x 90 CM
23.6 x  35.4 Inches

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karakib

PE192