LibGuides: Fine Arts in the Middle East: Artists

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Selected modern and contemporary artists

Adel Saghir internationally recognized artist painter. (Lebanon)
Boutros Al Maari painter and illustrator (Syria)
Cesar Gemayel known as a "second generation" Lebanese painter. (Lebanon)
Ghassan Ghaib (Iraq)
Isamail Shammout his paintings are considered to be some of the valuable art works. (Palestine)
Mohamad el Rawas painter and printmaker. (Lebanon)
Muhanna Al-Durra painter's facebook (Jordan)
Nizar Ismail In his work, he combines expressionism and surrealism. (Syria)
Salam Kanaan was born in Irbid, Jordan (1963). (Jordan)
Samia A. Halaby (Palestinian)
Sara Shama was born in Damascus, Syria (1975). (Syria)
Yousef Kamal represents an important historic and artistic intersection of Middle Eastern and Western cultures. (Egypt)