ART UNDER AGGRESSION

An artist's tribute to painter Duniyana Al-Amoor, killed in her room in Gaza at age 22.

by MALAK MATTAR

June 22, 2023

ABOLITION WEEK

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/06/duniyana-al-amoor/

Abeer Jebril hopes her portraits will bring attention to the social and political problems women face in Gaza, #70

Abeer Jebril hopes her portraits will bring attention to the social and political problems women face in Gaza, rappler

01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Abd El-Ghaffar Shedid's At the Gate, with Footnotes #58

Abd El-Ghaffar Shedid (EGYPT, BORN 1938)

At the Gate, c. 1963

Oil on panel, framed

80 x 50cm (31 1/2 x 19 11/16in).

Private collection

Sold for £5,062.50 in June 2020

Abd El-Ghaffar Shedid was born in 1938 in Cairo where he still lives and works. He has a PhD in Ancient Egyptian Art History from Helwan University, Cairo. He is a Lecturer at the Department of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, founder and head of the Art History Department, and recently has become a Lecturer in Art History and Painting at the American University in Cairo. His paintings are mainly concerned with the visual language and symbols of ancient Egyptian art, which reflect the divinity within the creation of the cosmos. More on Abd El-Ghaffar Shedid

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