I wonder if anyone can tell me what happened to the Maalla Art Gallery belonging to the Alagily family after 1967. We lived in a flat above the gallery and I bought one of Alagily's paintings.
Many thanks.
I'm afraid I dont remember an art gallery in Maalla,not in the Straits anyway. I do remember that most people from BP seemed to buy oil paintings by an artist called Saeed Khalifey who sold them through Khadri's the local store in Little Aden. My parents have a couple of his paintings one of Ghadir Bay & one of a street scene. It would be interesting to know how many other people still have his work around their homes.
I do not remember a gallery in Maalla. A picture of the painting Sharon mentioned is in the Galleries section under Misc Images. The link is shown below. I wonder how many more of these paintings are out there?
Hi im abdulla alagily son you looking for thank you for your asking we are lining in UAE since 1974 and we are doing good the bad news that my father is having cancer and we are in germany now for his treatment chemotherapy .Its very nice that u have one of my father painting . and im happy to give u any other informations .iwill tell my father about your quistion im very sure that he will be very happy .pray for him and thank u again