Editing Algeria (section)

=== Art ===
[[File:Portrait-racim.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|left|[[Mohammed Racim]]; founder of the Algerian school for painting]]

Algerian painters, like [[Mohammed Racim]] and [[Baya (artist)|Baya]], attempted to revive the prestigious Algerian past prior to French colonisation, at the same time that they have contributed to the preservation of the authentic values of Algeria. In this line, [[Mohamed Temam]], [[Abdelkhader Houamel]] have also returned through this art, scenes from the history of the country, the habits and customs of the past and the country life. Other new artistic currents including the one of [[M'hamed Issiakhem]], [[Mohammed Khadda]] and [[Bachir Yelles]], appeared on the scene of Algerian painting, abandoning figurative classical painting to find new pictorial ways, to adapt Algerian paintings to the new realities of the country through its struggle and its aspirations. [[Mohammed Khadda]]<ref name=art>{{cite web |url=http://www.khadda.com/ |title=Mohammed Khadda |publisher=Khadda.com |access-date=18 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402061339/http://www.khadda.com/ |archive-date=2 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[M'hamed Issiakhem]] have been notable in recent years.<ref name=art/>