Description
Acrylic on Canvas, Walid Taher (Egyptian, born 1969)
“The Lover”, 2021
59.5 X 79 cm
Signed ‘Walid (front)
Provenance: Direct from artist
Walid Taher has earned many national and international awards for illustrating and writing children’s books. He is also a well-known political cartoonist. Walid has more than 20 publications in writing and illustration between 1996 until now.
Awards:
First Prize for illustrations of a children’s book for “El Bateekha”, Egyptian Board on Books for the Young 1999
Second Prize for authoring and illustrating ” Sahby El –Gedeed”, Egyptian Board on Books for the Young 2001
Special Mention for the design and illustrations of “Tales of Thieves and Robbers” Bologna International Children’s Book Fair 2002
Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Award for Best Cartoonist 2004
Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Award for Best Cartoonist 2006
Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature 2012
Anna Lindt Foundation Award for “Dreams of Animals” 2012
International Children’s Book Award The Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) 2014
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