Baya (artist)

Baya Mahieddine (Arabic: باية محي الدين‎) or Fatima Haddad (Arabic: فاطمة حداد‎, born in Bordj El Kiffan on December 12, 1931; died November 9, 1998) was an Algerian artist. While she did not self-identify as belonging to a particular art genre, critics have classified her paintings as being surrealist, primitive, naïve, and modern. Her works are mainly paintings, though she did pottery as well, all completely self-taught.

Baya (artist)

Baya Mahieddine (Arabic: باية محي الدين‎) or Fatima Haddad (Arabic: فاطمة حداد‎, born in Bordj El Kiffan on December 12, 1931; died November 9, 1998) was an Algerian artist. While she did not self-identify as belonging to a particular art genre, critics have classified her paintings as being surrealist, primitive, naïve, and modern. Her works are mainly paintings, though she did pottery as well, all completely self-taught.