Ismail Shammout (1930 - 2006) — Auction price
Lot 48 Ismail Shammout (Palestinian, 1930-2006)
Ismail Shammout (1930 - 2006) 
Middle Eastern 20th and 21st Century Art 
Ismail Shammout
1930 - 01.07.2006
Israel, Jordan
Ismail Shammout was a Palestinian artist and art historian. Shammout became a part of the Palestine Liberation Organization as the Director of Arts and National Culture in 1965. He also held the position of Secretary General of the Union of Palestinian Artists. He became Secretary General of the Union of Arab artists in 1969. Shammout was an influential Palestinian artist, whose prominent style of painting employs recognizable symbols of Palestinian culture and traditions. From 1997 to 2000, he and al Akhal painted a collection of 19 large murals called Palestine: The Exodus and the Odyssey. The paintings illustrate, in chronological sequence, the plight of the Palestinians since 1948.
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Middle Eastern 20th and 21st Century Art
Date: 03.11.2021 10:00 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 46