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  • Страна местожительства: France
  • Пол: Male
  • Born in: 1944
  • key_age: 79
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Samir Salameh (French: Samir Salameh) (16 August 1944 - 16 August 2018) is a Palestinian-French painter and plastic artist, who played an important role in establishing the Department of Fine Arts and Unified Media in the Palestine Liberation Organization.

his life
Samir Salameh was born in the city of Safed on August 16, 1944, and as a result of the Nakba, he was forced to move with his family to the town of Majd al-Krum in the Galilee, and from there to the village of Bint Jbeil in Lebanon, where his father searched for his acquaintances with whom he was working in stone carving. Samir stayed with them for a short period, but continued his journey to Beirut, then Damascus, and finally settled in a monastery of the Christian community in Daraa.

Samir started drawing early, and was encouraged by his art teacher. The Syrian artist, Adham Ismail, was instrumental in directing Samir in the field of graphic arts. He also contributed to his choice of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University.

Samir finished his university studies in 1972, then moved to Beirut, where he joined the Unified Media Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He contributed for three years in drafting the political poster in response to the requirements of the stage. He also participated at the time in group exhibitions in Beirut as well as in many international exhibitions in the name of Palestine. Accordingly, he founded the Department of Fine Arts in the Unified Media Department, and participated in the activities of the syndicate framework for Palestinian plastic artists headed by Ismail Shammout, who became the first Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Plastic Artists.

In 1975, Samir left for Paris to pursue his postgraduate studies at the College of Fine Arts opposite the Louvre Museum, and when he received his residence card, he discovered on its papers that the place of his birth, Safed, was written as a city in Israel. specific.”However, Samir did not give up and waged a war years later to have Safed/Palestine as his place of birth in his French passport, and this was an important precedent that he succeeded in achieving.

After Samir finished his education and settled in France, he received a job for three years in the field of design and graphics in the Department of Arabic Publications at the UNESCO headquarters, then worked as a teacher for three years in the open drawing program at the University of Gusio in Paris, and also contributed to the formation of the group “Artists from For the sake of Palestine.

Samir participated in a number of external art exhibitions in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, and others. He also participated in internal exhibitions in French cities.

Samir held an international exhibition for Palestine in Beirut under the supervision of the artist Mona Al-Saudi, then moved to Tokyo in Japan before returning to Beirut and his paintings were destroyed by the bombing of warplanes during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in June 1982.

Samir arrived in Palestine at the beginning of 1996 and returned to Safed for the first time but failed to find his home. In Ramallah, he received a presidential decree appointing him as an advisor at the Ministry of Culture. He worked for two years in the artistic designs of the Khan Yunis Hospital of the Red Crescent Society, before returning to Ramallah to supervise the Arts Department, Hallaj Hall, and some exhibitions. He was later assigned to follow up on art at the Red Crescent Society’s headquarters in Al-Bireh, which was under construction, remained in his position as General Manager until his retirement in 2004. In 2005, Samir held his first exhibition in Palestine.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas awarded him the Palestinian Culture, Science and Arts Medal (level of brilliance), in appreciation of his cultural and artistic career and his role in establishing the Department of Fine Arts and Unified Media in the PLO.

his death
Samir Salameh died on August 16, 2018 in Paris, at the age of 74.

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