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\nBorn : 1924 in Marrakech<\/p>\n
Mohamed Ben Allal, born in Marrakech in 1924 and passed away in 1995, is considered one of the very first na\u00efve painters in Morocco. Coming from a modest background, he was introduced to painting thanks to the encouragement of the painter Jacques Az\u00e9ma.<\/p>\n
From a young age, Ben Allal immersed himself in his surroundings, observing life in the souks of Marrakech and listening to the storytellers in Jemaa el-Fnaa square\u2014experiences that would later nourish his pictorial imagination.<\/p>\n
A self-taught artist, Mohamed Ben Allal developed a narrative painting style with anecdotal themes, reconstructing his universe from collective imagination. His works depict scenes of daily life: social and family rituals, the world of the souks, popular festivals, and artisanal practices, where each gesture is brought back to its essential meaning.<\/p>\n
His pictorial language, marked by flattened perspectives, the pronounced frontal presentation of figures, and a rich, expressive palette, gives his compositions a visual intensity reminiscent of oral storytelling. The recurring colors in his works evoke the landscapes of southern Morocco and the kasbahs that inspired him.<\/p>\n
With the support of Jacques Az\u00e9ma, he participated in 1953 in a group exhibition alongside Moulay Ahmed Drissi, Hassan El Glaoui, and Farid Belkahia. His compositions then achieved widespread acclaim, both within Morocco and beyond its borders.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
: Maroc N\u00e9(e) : 1924 \u00e0 Marrakech. Mohamed Ben Allal, n\u00e9 \u00e0 Marrakech en 1924 et d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 en 1995, est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme l\u2019un des tout premiers peintres na\u00effs du Maroc. Issu d\u2019un milieu modeste, il s\u2019initie \u00e0 la peinture gr\u00e2ce aux encouragements du peintre Jacques Az\u00e9ma. Tr\u00e8s jeune, Ben Allal s\u2019impr\u00e8gne de son environnement en […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"helpie_faq_category":[133],"helpie_faq_group":[277],"class_list":["post-5045","helpie_faq","type-helpie_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","helpie_faq_category-uncategorized-faq","helpie_faq_group-artiste-ben-allal-mohamed","entry","owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","owp-btn-normal","owp-tabs-layout-horizontal","has-no-thumbnails","has-product-nav"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n