Maâlem · the masters' collection
Six traditions, painted
Maâlem means master maker. This collection brings six Moroccan visual traditions into contemporary works for the wall. Explore and save these works. Prints are temporarily unavailable while higher-resolution masters are prepared.
24 artworks · Print availability shown on each artwork
The curator's first work
The Great Square at Dusk
Orientalists
The lamps come on over Jemaa el-Fnaa as the city turns violet. Warm gold and dusk-blue brushwork bring the square’s evening atmosphere to your wall.
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The six traditions
Orientalists
4Moroccan light and colour, inspired by nineteenth-century travel painting
Zellij
4Cut-tile geometry from Fez, Meknes and Marrakech
A living tradition
The Carpets
4Beni Ourain, Azilal, Taznakht, Boujad, Zemmour
A living tradition
Manuscripts
4Maghrebi script and illumination
A living tradition
Gardens
4The riad, the Menara, the Agdal, water and shade
Inspired by a real Moroccan place
After Casablanca
4The visual grammar of the Casablanca School, from 1962
Inspired by Moroccan modernism