2 - JUMANA EL-HUSSEINI (PALESTINIAN, 1932-2018)

JUMANA EL-HUSSEINI (PALESTINIAN, 1932-2018) Untitled Signed in Arabic 'J. Husseini' in lower right Etching, edition 1/1 60cm x 45cm; 66cm x 60.5cm total including frame Born in Jerusalem in 1932, Jumana El-Husseini studied Fine Arts at the American University of Beirut in 1957. During her time in Beirut, El-Husseini became involved with a group of local artists termed by historian and artist Kamal Boullata the Ras Beirut Artists. Her artistic style is centred around depictions of Jerusalem, a city she frequently depicts both with and without human figures. During the Lebanese civil war, she resorted to watercolour as oil paint wasn’t available. In 1982 she moved to Paris, later attending the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1990). El-Husseini was one of the earliest members of the Association for the Development of Palestinian Camps (INAASH), a non-profit organisation producing embroidered wear in Lebanon, along with artist Huguette Caland. Provenance: From the property of a private Palestinian collection.