Zulfa al-Sa'di (1905–1988) was a Palestinian visual artist, known for her paintings.
Biography
Zulfa al-Sa'di was born in Jerusalem to a family of Sufis. She was a student of Nicolas Sayegh (1863–1942) from whom she must have learned how to use photographs that chronicled historical events or publicised political figures to develop her paintings. In particular, al-Sa'di was interested in an allegorical use that emphasized symbolic meanings about national Palestinian identity. al-Sa'di lived and worked in Jerusalem until 1948, when she was forced to move to Damascus. There, she taught art to Palestinian refugee children.
In 1933, at age 23, she participated in The Arab Exhibition in Mandate Jerusalem. There, she exhibited portraits of eminent men in the Arab world of her time, including Sharif Husayn, King Faysal I of Iraq, and Egyptian poet Ahmad Shawqi.
References
- Boullata, Kamal (2009). Palestinian Art. From 1850 to the Present. Saqui. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-86356-648-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Makhoul, Bashir, and Hon, Gordon (2013). The Origins of Palestinian Art. Lancaster: Liverpool University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-84631-952-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Abusaada, Nadi (2019). "Self-Portrait of a Nation. The Arab Exhibition in Mandate Jerusalem, 1931-34" (PDF). Jerusalem Quarterly. p. 131. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- Tibi, Laura (2020). "The Roots for a Palestinian Nahda." Zulu al-Sa'di and the Advent of Palestinian Modern Art". Jerusalem Quarterly. 83: 106–123.
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