Artist

Ismail Shammout >1930-2006. Palestinian artist illustrator, he was clearly influenced by the images that were captured by his artist’s eye during his people’s exodus and then by their life of misery and despair in the refugee camps. By 1953, he had a collection of 60 works – oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings. He studied fine art in Cairo where he opened his major exhibition in Cairo, with the participation of the Palestinian artist Tamam Aref Al-Akhal, a colleague then, and currently his wife. The exhibition was sponsored and inaugurated by Egyptian President. He also joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He was a refugee who lived the Palestinian experience fully, and went on to tell the story through art. Dispossession, exile, identity, suffering, perseverance, and struggle, are all predominant features of his brilliant oil paintings, and his remarkable way of advocating for his people's cause. 21st July 1954.Moved to Italy and joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome

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