Mamdouh Kashlan (1929) born in Damascus, won a scholarship to study art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome graduating in 1957. He authored many books on art and art education, as well as on the artists Mahmoud Jalal and Louay Kayyali.
Kashlan’s linework and figures have a lively suppleness and energy that pairs with his coloration. He says that the bright and warm colors seen throughout his works are an emotional expression. They “overcome my psychological state and impose themselves even if my mood is bad or I am sad or depressed.
-ATASSI FOUNDATION
