Sawsan Amer
Sawsan Amer سوسن عامر (born 1937, Cairo)[1] is an Egyptian painter and art educator, considered as a pioneer Egyptian woman artist.[2] She has been Director of the Art Research Unit at the Academy of the Arts and a professor on the faculty of Art Education at the College of Art Education.
Sawsan Amer | |
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Born | 1937 Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation(s) | Artist, Painter, Professor |
Education and career
Amer graduated from the College of Art Education, and has been Director of the Art Research Unit at the Academy of the Arts and a professor on the faculty of Art Education. She has authored a book and numerous articles on folk art,[3] which has also inspired other artist's work.[4] Furthermore, she was also noted for her paintings on glass and her collages,[5] combining traditional iconography with personal imagery.[6] Her work, inspired by traditional Arabic architecture,[7] is known for its rich color sense.[8]
Exhibitions
References
- "Amer, Sawsan". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- El saadi, Hoda (2007). Women Pioneers of Egyptian Art: Words and Images. Women and Memory forum.
- "Sawsan Amer". The World's Women On-Line!. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- Karnouk, Lilian (2005). Modern Egyptian art, 1910-2003. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 239.
- Burnham, Anne Mullin (1994). "Reflections in Women's Eyes". Saudi Aramco World. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- "The contemporary art of Arab women".
- Aziza, Mohamed (1978). L'Image et l'Islam: l'image dans la société arabe contemporaine (in French). Albin Michel. p. 95.
- Nashashibi, Salwa Mikdadi (1994). Forces of change: artists of the Arab world. International Council for Women in the Arts. p. 94.
- Nawar, Ahmed (January 2005). "Sawsan Amer". Al Hayat (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
External links
- Sawsan Amer (in Arabic)