fatima hassan el farouj
naive art's unassuming genius fatima hassan el farouj, also known as fatima rouaid, was a moroccan painter born in tétouan in 1945 and died in rabat in 2010. she is classified under the category of naive art and art brut, a genre that challenges conventional artistic norms. artistic journey without formal training started painting without any academic or artistic training. her works reflect the world of women and popular traditions in morocco. exhibited her works in at least forty collective exhibitions between 1965 and 2004. notable achievements awarded the rank of commander of the order…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of fatima hassan el farouj's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.