Brilliantly revealing the Egyptian character in her works, Tahia Halim is one of the pioneers of the Modern Expressive Movement in Egyptian Art. Her primary education took place inside the Royal Palace where she was raised, as her father was the laureate of King Fouad. Simple and poetic, many of her works have a strong connection to the Nile, depicting boats and popular and national subject including her infatuation with the Nubian woman and scenes of old Nuba before it was drowned under the waters of Nasser Lake. She produced her most confident and original art in the fifties and sixties, which came to be known as folkloric impressionism. Distinct mixtures of color and their distribution, create touches of intensity and boldness in her artworks.