01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Suleiman Mansour’s Fisher, with Footnotes #64

Sold for USD 25,200 in May 2023

Due to fear of Israeli attacks, fishermen in Gaza started fishing from shore instead of using their boats, resulting in a modest catch as the fish near shore are typically very small. Israel has killed more than 200 fishermen and forced nearly 4,000 out of employment. 200 fishermen killed in Gaza

Born in a little village near Ramallah in 1947, Suleiman Mansour maintained a great attachment to his native rural hometown and its customs, painting portraits of his relatives since his youngest age. In the 1970s, he took part in a thorough research project on the folkloric heritage of Palestinian culture, an initiative that profoundly shaped his subsequent active involvement in the Palestinian art movement. Preoccupied with the preservation and publication of traditional artworks, Mansour aimed to safeguard indigenous Palestinian culture while offering native forms of inspiration to new generations of artists and influencing contemporary art. More on Suleiman Mansour

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