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This interpretation of landscape art was further shown in The Qattan Foundation’s Biennial Exhibitions in 2000 and 2002. The exhibitions provided a competitive setting for the growth of Palestinian art during the Intifada period, where landscape artists notably created tranquil scenes with little political, violent, or nationalistic themes. [4]
Jumana al-Husseini (b. 1932) moved to Beirut with her family after their home in the outskirts of Jerusalem was hit by an Israeli bomb in 1948. [1] The Husseinis had previously fled to Beirut when Jumana's grandfather, Jamal al-Husseini, the Palestinian nationalist and founder of the Palestine Arab Party was exiled by the British following the Arab revolt of 1936–39 in Palestine.
Jumana Emil Abboud (born 1971), contemporary artist; Ruanne Abou-Rahme (born 1983), of the art duo Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme; Karimeh Abbud (1893–1955), artist, photographer; Hannan Abu-Hussein (born 1972), installation artist and video artist; Maliheh Afnan (1935–2016), visual artist; Laila Ajjawi (active since 2015), graffiti artist
Sophie Halaby (1906–1997) was a Palestinian watercolourist who depicted Jerusalem and its surrounding landscapes. She was among the first Arab women to study art in Paris, and returned to her homeland to teach, paint, and criticize British and Zionist colonialism.
Juliana Seraphim (born 1934), Palestinian-born Lebanese painter Ismail Shammout (1930–2006), Palestinian-born Jordanian painter and art historian Laila Shawa (1940–2022), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Palestinian artist and art historian Kamal Boullata describes "place" as one of the major thematic components of Palestinian art throughout its history. Proximity and distance from the historical Palestinian homeland and the relationship between the artist and his current place of residence is the key element moving Palestinian art.
Mansour is considered an artist of intifada whose work captures the cultural concept of sumud. [1] His paintings which have been exhibited around the world reflect the Palestinian struggle and include images of women in Palestinian traditional clothing and Levantine tree-filled landscapes. In 1987, he was part of the New Visions collective that ...
Hourani worked within the Fine Arts Department in the Palestinian Ministry of Culture from 2004 to 2006 as the General Director. In 2007, Hourani co-founded the International Academy of Art in Ramallah, Palestine, which did not offer accreditation from the Palestinian Authority but functioned as a nontraditional source of art education for students and non-students alike.