Chaïbia Talal

Chaïbia Talal (; 1929 – April 2, 2004) was a Moroccan painter.

Biography Chaïbia was born in Chtouka, a small village near El Jadida, Morocco in 1929. At the age of 13, she was sent to Casablanca by her parents to marry a 70-year-old man. By the age of 14 she had given birth to a son (Hocein), and by the age of 15 she had become a widow. When her husband died, she worked as a maid to earn money to support herself and her son. Talal was devoted to providing her son with an education, particularly academic literacy, although Talal herself would remain illiterate her entire life.

Her work was not initially well received in the Moroccan art world. Talal's son became a respected artist in his own right, and in 1965 introduced Talal to the director of the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris in Paris, Pierre Gaudibert who was impressed by her work. She was influenced by the works of artists from the CoBrA painting movement. Her work is also considered by some people, such as journalist Ahmed El Fassi, to be an naïve.

In 2004, Talal died of a heart attack in Casablanca at the age of 75.

Talal's work continues to be shown including in the Qatar-Morocco 2024 Year of Culture where Talal's work was included in section on Women in Society.

Expositions 1966 – Goethe-Institut, Casablanca, Morocco 1966 – Solstice Gallery, Paris, France 1966 – Salon des Surindépendants, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France 1969 – "Ecole marocaine", Copenhagen, Denmark 1969 – "Kunstkabinett", Frankfurt, Germany 1970 – "Les Halles aux Idées", Paris, France 1971 – "Dar America", Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakesh, Fez, Tangier, Morocco 1972 – Ventes aux enchères, Drouot, Paris, France 1973 – "L'œil de Bœuf" gallery (CIPAC), Paris, France 1974 – "Ivan Spence" gallery, Ibiza, Spain 1974 – "Salon des Réalités Nouvelles", Paris, France 1976 – "Biennale d'Art", Menton, France 1977 – "Salon de Mai", Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France 1977 – "Salon des Réalités Nouvelles", Paris – France 1980 – "Engel gallery", Rotterdam, Netherlands 1980 – "Fondation Joan Miró", Barcelona, Spain

Awards Gold medal of the French Academic Society for Education and Encouragement. - March 2003.