Choukri Mesli
Born in Tlemcen, Mahmoud Choukri Mesli was born in 1931 into a family of musicians and intellectuals. Registered at the Algiers School of Fine Arts between 1948 and 1953, he was a student of the miniaturist Mohamed Racim. He quickly became known, notably with the creation of Group 51, to which painters and poets joined, like M'hamed Issiakhem, Mohamed Louail and Kateb Yacine and others.
Participating between 1951 and 1953 in the Salon des Orientalistes, he won the first prize in the city of Algiers. He trained at the School of Fine Arts in Paris from 1954 to 1960 and organized a first personal exhibition in 1955. When Algeria gained independence, he taught at the School of Fine Arts in Algiers and became a founding member of the National Union of Plastic Arts (UNAP) in 1963. He designed postage stamps from 1964. Several distinctions come to reward his work. He died on November 13, 2017.
Participating between 1951 and 1953 in the Salon des Orientalistes, he won the first prize in the city of Algiers. He trained at the School of Fine Arts in Paris from 1954 to 1960 and organized a first personal exhibition in 1955. When Algeria gained independence, he taught at the School of Fine Arts in Algiers and became a founding member of the National Union of Plastic Arts (UNAP) in 1963. He designed postage stamps from 1964. Several distinctions come to reward his work. He died on November 13, 2017.