Hassan Soliman

Hassan Soliman 1928-2009 Home For Visitors Permanent Exhibitions Hassan Soliman 1928-2009 Soliman was one of the vanguard painters in the early sixties. He became a renowned painter, writer, critic, and newspaper illustrator. His painting style depends on reducing photographs into semi-silhouettes with the minimal of the various

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Soliman wrote profusely on art and literature. His books included The Artist's Freedom, Motion in Art and Life, How to Read a Picture, and The Psychology of Calligraphy, amongst others. Hassan Soliman passed away in 2008 in Cairo. This is a short biography. The full version , along with research, CV and sources will be posted soon.

Hassan Soliman reflected his environment with deep and subtle symbolism, firmly grounded in Egyptian culture while mastering western painting techniques. The two paintings come from Shadi Abdel Salam's collection, a prominent scenographer who was a friend of the artist and was influenced by his style. One can observe both artists use of

Hassan Soliman was one of the most well-known and respected avant-garde painters in Cairo during the early sixties. Not only was he a renowned painter, but also a talented writer, critic, and illustrator. In his paintings he created high contrast semi-silhouettes with intense black and white mixtures that were sometimes warm and others cold

Hassan Soliman. Egyptian, b. 1928. Hassan Soliman was born in 1928 and graduated from Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1951. Before his graduation, Soliman's talent as a draughtsman had already caught the attention of art critics and dealers. One dealer even offered him generous patronage in exchange for exclusive rights to his work.

Hassan Soliman . 1928-2008. Stages of study - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Department Photography 1951 - Cairo. - Studies in the foundations of design and lectures on Cairo mosques, including Sultan Hassan, Sheikha Safia and some characteristics of Islamic architecture. Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

Born in 1928, Hassan Soliman graduated from Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1951. However, even before his graduation, Soliman's skill as a draughtsman had drawn the attention of art critics and dealers, to the extent that one dealer offered him generous patronage in return for exclusive rights over what he produced.

Hassan Soliman was an instrumental figure in the development of 20th century Egyptian art. Soliman was also known for his art criticism and writings in addition to being a talented draughtsman. His infamous painting 'The Last Supper' 1967 was his rendition of Leonardo Da Vinci's fresco, replacing Christ with an Egyptian man, alluding to the devastating effects of 1967's Six-Day War.