Fateh Moudarres
Fateh Moudarres was born in 1922 and died in 1999, in Aleppo and taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, and completed his postgraduate studies at the College of Fine Arts in Paris until 1972. He began by introducing abstraction into his paintings during his presence in Europe, as well as blending Syrian art traditions with Western techniques, and his subjects increasingly took on a political dimension. Upon his return to Syria, he taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University and became dean until 1993, leaving a profound impact on successive generations of artists. He was also renowned for his philosophical ideas and articles in artistic criticism, which he published among the folds of magazines published in the region.
Moudarres work reflected social and political changes from that era, including the crisis in the agricultural sector in Syria and the Lebanese civil war. He also sought to portray the tragedies and difficulties faced by people. Drawing people exuding seriousness and stoicism bears his unique style of square rigid heads that evoke Assyrian statues, destructive people and Christian icons. Much of his work is done in earthy colors with composite and thick brush strikes with sand sometimes used in his colors.
Exhibitions
Syrian Eyes
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