Chafik Charobim

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Chafik Charobim (November 4, 1894 in Cairo – 1975), is a well known impressionist and naturalist Egyptian artist who painted the "Peaceful and Tranquil Egypt of the last Century". He loved nature in any form and his paintings show a great love for the sea, the desert and the people of Egypt. He has left a legacy of over 186 paintings.

Life

Chafik Charobim studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He lived in Paris and Rome for a few years where he painted and exhibited his art. He dedicated his life to painting.

Charobim's love of freedom and artistic passion led him to paint scenes of everyday life in Egypt. He painted fishermen, villagers, animals and many of his subjects share with him the love of nature and freedom. His paintings show the Nile, the farms, children, animals and all the scenery that one finds in rural life. Charobim loved to paint the sea and had a real love of the Mediterranean, its boats, its tourists and its fishermen. His paintings are intended to show a beautiful, romantic and tranquil Egypt where life was simple and people were carefree.

Charobim loved Lebanon and lived there for a few months each year. Charobim loved to paint its villages and cafés, its valleys and its people.

Charobim advised young artists to always keep busy because he believed a busy artist is a happy one. He also advised them to work hard, paint every day and to keep to a schedule. He used to wake up at 5 a.m. and paint until noon every day.

Paintings

Charobim excelled in small paintings, of moderate dimension, warm colors and exquisite proportions and design. Some of his better-known paintings were:

Egypt

Fisherman Resting, 1966
Swimming in Gerba, 1946
Hosueboat on the Nile, 1956
Small Nile Branch in Zamalek, 1954

Lebanon

Cafe des Sources Hag Elias Lebanon, 1950
Beit Mary Valley Lebanon, 1950
Douhour El Chouer Lebanon, 1950

Sources

CHAFIK CHAROBIM, PEINTRE EGYPTIEN by Dominique Roussel, 2001. ISBN 2-912964-31-8
charobim.com, a site dedicated to the work of Chafik Charobim

References

v t e Impressionism

Originators	Frédéric Bazille Eugène Boudin Gustave Caillebotte Mary Cassatt Paul Cézanne Edgar Degas Armand Guillaumin Édouard Manet Claude Monet Berthe Morisot Camille Pissarro Pierre-Auguste Renoir Alfred Sisley

Patrons	Gustave Caillebotte Henry O. Havemeyer Ernest Hoschedé

Dealers	Paul Durand-Ruel Georges Petit Ambroise Vollard

American Artists	William Merritt Chase Frederick Carl Frieseke Childe Hassam Willard Metcalf Lilla Cabot Perry Theodore Robinson John Henry Twachtman J. Alden Weir

Other artists	John Peter Russell Lovis Corinth Max Liebermann Max Slevogt Konstantin Korovin Valentin Serov Francisco Oller Joaquín Sorolla Philip Wilson Steer Laura Muntz Lyall Władysław Podkowiński Nazmi Ziya Güran Henry Moret

Other media	Music Literature French Impressionist Cinema

See also	American Impressionism Heidelberg School Decorative Impressionism Post-Impressionism

Authority control	VIAF: 47704812

Persondata
Name	Charobim, Chafik
Alternative names
Short description	Egyptian artist
Date of birth	November 4, 1894
Place of birth
Date of death	1975
Place of death

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