part I: from the beginning to the 60s
•2 February - 1 June 2008
•Syria, Damascus, National museum, Modern art hall
•Retrospective of fine arts in Syria/from the beginning to the 1960s of the twentieth century
•this first exhibition, celebrating Damascus as Arab capital of culture 2008, presented a retrospective of Syrian fine art (painting, drawing and sculpture) from the late nineteenth century to the creation of the Faculty of fine art of Damascus in the sixties
•a selection of works from the art collection of Damascus national museum
•part I: Daoud Corme (1852-1940), Tawfiq Tariq (1875-1940), Abdulwahab Abu Al-Saoud (1897-1951), Adnan Anjileh (1928), Michel Kurche (1900-1973), Said Tahsin (1904-1985), Sobhi Shouaib (1909-1974), Khaled Moaz (1909-1989), Rashad Qusaibati (1911-1995), Anwar Ali Al-Arnaout (1911-1992), Mahmoud Jalal (1911-1975), Zara Qablan (1911-1971), Eleonora Chatty (1913-2006), Mounawar Morali (1912), Abdelaziz Nashawati (1912-2000), Zouhair Al-Sabban (1912-1987), Sharif Al-Orfali (1914-2003), Salah Al-Nashif (1924-1971), Alfred Baccache (1917-1990), Nazem Al-Jaafari (1918), Nassir Chaura (1920-1992), Noubar Sabbagh (1920), Fateh Moudarres (1922-1999), Mahmoud Hammad (1923-1988), Adham Ismael (1923-1963), Michel Elmir (1926-1973), Robert Mulky (1927-2003), Afif Bahnassi (1928), Mamdouh Kashlan (1928), Abdelkader Al-Naeb (1928), Naim Ismael (1930-1979), Asaad Zokari (1930), Sami Bourhan (1929), Borhan Karkoutly (1932-2000), Hisham Zamrik (1933), Aid Yakoubi (1934), Alfred Hatmal (1934-1993), Louay Kayyali (1934-1978), Qutaiba Al-Shihabi (1935), Ghazi Al-Khalidi (1935-2007), Elias Zayat (1935), Ahmad Dorak Al-Sibai (1935-1987), Marwan Qassab Bashi (1934), Kamal Aldeen Husein (1934), Jack Wardeh (1913-2006)
•Syria, Damascus, National museum, Modern art hall
•Retrospective of fine arts in Syria/from the beginning to the 1960s of the twentieth century
•this first exhibition, celebrating Damascus as Arab capital of culture 2008, presented a retrospective of Syrian fine art (painting, drawing and sculpture) from the late nineteenth century to the creation of the Faculty of fine art of Damascus in the sixties
•a selection of works from the art collection of Damascus national museum
•part I: Daoud Corme (1852-1940), Tawfiq Tariq (1875-1940), Abdulwahab Abu Al-Saoud (1897-1951), Adnan Anjileh (1928), Michel Kurche (1900-1973), Said Tahsin (1904-1985), Sobhi Shouaib (1909-1974), Khaled Moaz (1909-1989), Rashad Qusaibati (1911-1995), Anwar Ali Al-Arnaout (1911-1992), Mahmoud Jalal (1911-1975), Zara Qablan (1911-1971), Eleonora Chatty (1913-2006), Mounawar Morali (1912), Abdelaziz Nashawati (1912-2000), Zouhair Al-Sabban (1912-1987), Sharif Al-Orfali (1914-2003), Salah Al-Nashif (1924-1971), Alfred Baccache (1917-1990), Nazem Al-Jaafari (1918), Nassir Chaura (1920-1992), Noubar Sabbagh (1920), Fateh Moudarres (1922-1999), Mahmoud Hammad (1923-1988), Adham Ismael (1923-1963), Michel Elmir (1926-1973), Robert Mulky (1927-2003), Afif Bahnassi (1928), Mamdouh Kashlan (1928), Abdelkader Al-Naeb (1928), Naim Ismael (1930-1979), Asaad Zokari (1930), Sami Bourhan (1929), Borhan Karkoutly (1932-2000), Hisham Zamrik (1933), Aid Yakoubi (1934), Alfred Hatmal (1934-1993), Louay Kayyali (1934-1978), Qutaiba Al-Shihabi (1935), Ghazi Al-Khalidi (1935-2007), Elias Zayat (1935), Ahmad Dorak Al-Sibai (1935-1987), Marwan Qassab Bashi (1934), Kamal Aldeen Husein (1934), Jack Wardeh (1913-2006)
