Online each month, the Roosevelt Library highlights works of art from its collections that are rarely seen by the public. This month we feature an oil painting of Bab El Khémis in Marrakech, Morocco, by Marius Hubert-Robert.
On January 24, 1943, following the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill traveled to Marrakech, Morocco, where they spent the evening at a large villa occupied by the US Vice-Consul at Marrakech, Kenneth Pendar. Along the way, they passed by the entrance gate to Bab El Khémis, a large marketplace. Later on, FDR and Churchill watched the sunset over the Atlas Mountains from the tower in the nearby Majorelle Gardens, as shown in the photo above.
French artist Marius Hubert-Robert, painted the entrance to Bab El Khémis in 1943. Soon after, he presented the painting to President Roosevelt.
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