early life and education ahmed cherkaoui, a prominent moroccan painter, was born in boujad in 1934. he is widely regarded as one of the leading modernist painters of moroccan art, particularly during the period following the country's independence in 1956. cherkaoui's educational background played a pivotal role in shaping his artistic style, having studied at the école des métiers d'art and école des beaux-arts in paris, as well as the school of fine arts in warsaw. influences and style cherkaoui's work was influenced by a diverse range of western artists, including paul klee, roger bissière…
A chart of Ahmed Cherkaoui'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.
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.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.