: Morocco
Born: 1939 in Tetouan
Saad Ben Cheffajis considered a pioneer in contemporary Moroccan art.
After a detour to Europe for his artistic studies, he returned to his native stronghold, where he taught art history as well as drawing and painting.
During his career, Saad Ben Cheffaj tried his hand at many styles and techniques: figuration, abstraction, expressionism, neorealism before finding his way in dualist compositions, at the same time earthy, intense and poetic, thus giving to this artist the soul of an outstanding creator.