Above you see a selection of paintings
from the the exhibition-2007 in the "Sala de Exposiciones Ibercaja Valencia".
SAAD ALI
was born in 1953,
studied in Florence
and Perugia at the
Academie for Fine Arts,
thereafter he lived and
worked in Italy and also
exhibited in Italy for
12 years .
In 1985 he moved to the
Netherlands.
He lived and worked there
in Utrecht and Amsterdam .
In 1999 Saad Ali moved
to France.
Saad Ali particularly
became well know because
of his paintings full of passion, but at the same
time modest
dear love make you think
of scenes in the tales
of 1001 night.
An often used theme in his
paintings is
the Baab al- Faradj,
the gate of Hope,
an old Arabic symbol of
the entrance to paradise
Mostly Saad's painting
are made on old
panels or doors.