Jumana El Husseini
Jumana El Husseini, was a Palestinian painter and sculptor who lived in Paris. She won many medals and has an extensive international exhibition record. Jumana El Husseini died in her home in Paris on 11 April 2018 at the age of 86.
She studied painting, sculpture and ceramics in Beirut and Paris. Noted for figurative paintings of Palestinian women and geometric houses in Jerusalem and Jericho, her style evolved from realistic to geometric and, since 1987, to abstract, with wavelike overpainted drawings evoking Arabic calligraphy.
