Mohamed Temam
Mohamed Temam or Mohamed Temmam (23 February 1915 Algiers – 15 July 1988 Algiers) was an Algerian miniaturist painter and illuminator. His miniature painting of the Kaaba in Mecca was featured on a commemorative stamp issued by Algeria in 1978.
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- Name
- Mohamed Temam
- Died
- 15 July 1988
- Born
- 23 February 1915
- Birthplace
- Algiers
- Occupation
- * Illuminator
- Nationality
- Algeria · France
- Languages
- French
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Mohamed Temam or Mohamed Temmam (23 February 1915 Algiers – 15 July 1988 Algiers) was an Algerian miniaturist painter and illuminator. His miniature painting of the Kaaba in Mecca was featured on a commemorative stamp issued by Algeria in 1978.
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• Name — Mohamed Temam • Died — 15 July 1988 • Born — 23 February 1915 • Birthplace — Algiers • Occupation — * Illuminator • Painter • Postage stamp designer
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1915
Mohamed Temam born at Algiers.
1988
Mohamed Temam died at Algiers.
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- Peintres algériens, textes d'Edmond Michelet et Mourad Bourboune, Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, Paris, 1964.
- Mohammed Khadda, Éléments pour un art nouveau, SNED, Alger, 1972 (p. 49).
- Musées d'Algérie, l'Art Populaire et Contemporain, Collection Art et Culture, Ministère de L'Information et la Culture, SNED, Alger, 1973.
- Mohammed Khadda, Feuillets épars liés, SNED, Alger, 1983.
- Dalila Mahhamed-Orfali, Chefs-d'œuvre du Musée national des beaux-arts d'Alger, Alger, 1999 (reproduction : L'homme en bleu, n° 79).
- Mansour Abrous, Les artistes algériens, Dictionnaire biographique, 1917-1999, Alger, Casbah éditions, 2002 (p. 212-214).
- Le dans l’art algérien, (textes de Ramon Tio Bellido, Malika Dorbani Bouabdellah, Dalila Mahammad Orfali et Fatma Zohra Zamoum), Château Borély, Marseille / Orangerie du Sénat, Paris, avril- (p. 34-37 et p. 201-202).
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Mohamed Temam is recorded as illuminator, painter and postage stamp designer.
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