Jumana El Husseini

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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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  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. 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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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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