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Artists who fell for Morocco

Li Zijian

A six-day trip became six months, and he painted Morocco the whole time.

  • From: China
  • Their art: painter
  • In Morocco: 2020, 158 days (stranded by COVID-19)
  • Made here or about here: North Africa series: 77 oil paintings, 32 character sketches and illustrated travel notes (shown in Changsha, 2020)

Where in Morocco

  • Casablanca: worked in a small apartment while stranded
  • Atlantic coast and Sahara: toured by car and painted the coast, the Sahara, old castles and villages
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. www.hunantoday.cn/news/xhn/202012/18022476.html

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