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Artists who fell for Morocco

Paulo Coelho

His novel sends its shepherd Santiago across the strait to Tangier and on into the Sahara.

  • From: Brazil
  • Their art: writer
  • Made here or about here: The Alchemist (novel)

Where in Morocco

  • Tangier: Santiago's arrival in Africa
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(novel)

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Eugène DelacroixHis 1832 journey gave him subjects he returned to for the rest of his life.Henri MatisseHe painted in Tangier in 1912 and 1913, and while there made several changes to his work, including his use of black as a colour.John LaveryAfter his first wife's death he left for a long stay in North Africa that included Tangier.Francis BaconBacon spent stretches of the 1950s in Tangier, where his partner lived.Samuel PepysThe great diarist kept a diary again in Tangier while England left the city.Mark TwainTangier was the 'thoroughly foreign' place the young Twain had longed for.Every artist, on the mapFrom five continents

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