Salwa Fallouh

Salwa Fallouh
سلمى فلوح
Born1920
Bassir, Hauran, Kingdom of Syria
Died26 December 2008
Syria
Other namesSalwa Falouh Al-Salem
Salma Fallouh Al-Salem
OccupationArtist
Years active2000–2008
Known forPainting

Salwa Fallouh (Arabic: سلمى فلوح; 1920 – December 26, 2008), was a Syrian painter and illustrator.[1] She started painting professionally at the age of 80, and left a legacy of thousands of paintings.[1][2][3]

Biography

Salwa Fallouh was born in 1920 in the village of Bassir in Hauran, Kingdom of Syria (now Syria).[2] She married at the age of 20 to Hani Al-Salem, and together they had 9 children.[2][4]

When her children were raised, she began exploring the process of making art.[1] Her work was primarily impressionist landscapes, animals, and still life paintings.[2][4] Carlos Barona Narbione, of the Cervantes Center in Damascus wrote about her after her first art exhibition: “These are the birds, trees, deer, suns, and flowers that Salwa saw in her childhood,”[1]

She died on December 26, 2008, in Syria.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ayob, Rama (2021-09-21). "سلمى فلوح". مجلة ايتانا (Etana Magazine) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ^ a b c d "سيدة سورية تبدأ الرسم وهي في الثمانين من العمر" [A Syrian woman starts painting when she is eighty years old]. البوابة (Al Bawaba) (in Arabic). September 17, 2006. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  3. ^ "Exposition inclut des œuvres de la défunte Salwa Falouh Al-Salem à la galerie de /Blue House/" [Exhibition includes works by the late Salwa Falouh Al-Salem at Blue House gallery]. Agence Arabe Syrienne Informations (in French). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  4. ^ a b للأنباء, الوكالة العربية السورية. "معرض عن أعمال الفنانة الراحلة سلوى فلوح السالم" [An exhibition on the works of the late artist Salwa Fallouh Al-Salem at the Blue House Gallery]. Klyoum.com (in Arabic). Syrian Arab News Agency. Retrieved 2023-02-04.


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