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Abdelaziz GORGI (Tunis 1908 - 2008) Female Nude, (19)49 Pen drawing 39.5 x 29 cm on view Signed and dated in Arabic and French, lower right. This sketch was made in 1949, when he was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Tunis. This sketch was done in 1949, when he was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Tunis. Born in 1928 in the medina of Tunis, Abdelaziz Gorgi studied at the Beaux-Arts de Tunis before continuing his training in Paris in the Plisson and Fernand Léger studios. On his return to Tunisia, he played an active role alongside Ammar Farhat, Yahia Turki, Jellal b. Abdallah and Pierre Boucherle, in the founding of the École de Tunis, a movement advocating an authentically Tunisian art that values heritage and popular culture. A prolific and versatile artist, Gorgi practices painting, watercolor, tapestry, ceramics, sculpture and drawing, drawing much of his inspiration from Tunisian life and Sidi Bou Saïd. His work, original and innovative, contributes to a profound renewal of the Tunisian artistic narrative. From 1959 to 1983, he taught at the Beaux-Arts de Tunis and founded the Galerie Gorgi in 1973. A major figure on the Tunisian cultural scene, he exhibits in Tunisia and internationally. Provenance : Private collection, France.