Jumana El Husseini

Jumana El Husseini, (2 April 1932 – 11 April 2018) was a Palestinian painter and sculptor who lived in Paris.[1][2] She won many medals and has an extensive international exhibition record.[3] Jumana El Husseini died in her home in Paris on 11 April 2018 at the age of 86.

She studied painting, sculpture and ceramics in Beirut and Paris.[4] Noted for figurative paintings of Palestinian women[5] and geometric[6] houses in Jerusalem and Jericho,[7] her style evolved from realistic to geometric and, since 1987,[8] to abstract,[9] with wavelike overpainted[10] drawings evoking Arabic calligraphy.[9][11][12]

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References
  1. "Jumana el Husseini". Darat al Funun. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. Mullin Burnham, Anne (1990). "Three From Jerusalem". Saudi Aramco World. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. "Jumana el-Husseini". The World's Women on Line. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. "Jumana El-Husseini". This week in Palestine. November 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  5. Wahl, François; Samrakandi, Mohammed Habib (1999). Place Jema' el Fna, patrimoine oral de l'humanité: héritage commun en Méditerranée (in French). Presses Universitaire du Mirail. p. 61. ISBN 978-2-85816-596-4.
  6. Medina, Marie (2009). "The Jerusalem of Palestinian Artists". BabelMed. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  7. "Jumana El Husseini". Suggest'art (in French). Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  8. "Abstract". Jumana El-Husseimi official web site. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  9. Mikdadi, Salwa. "West Asia: Between Tradition and Modernity". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  10. "Husseimi". Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  11. "Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts > Photo Gallery". Nationalgallery.org. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  12. Halaby, Samia. "A Review of the Book "Palestinian Art"". Art-net. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
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