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Muhanna Durra ((アラビア語:مهنا الدرة)) is a Jordanian painter widely regarded as a pioneer for being the first to introduce Cubism and abstract art into the Jordanian visual arts. He is a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art and Design at University of Jordan and serves as the President of the Jordan Association of Fine Arts ==History== Born in Amman, Jordan in 1938 to a Lebanese father and a Turkish mother, he was raised in a striking red hilltop villa in downtown Amman. The house is only a few blocks away from Amman's popular tourist attraction the Roman amphitheater and is commonly believed to rest atop an ancient Roman cemetery. As a child, spooky folklore about his neighborhood sparked a fascination with ghouls and "ignited fantasy in what was beyond the observable, physical world." A notoriously rebellious youth with a penchant for drawing, he was sent by his father to study art with George Allief, a former Russian officer with the Tsarist army. Allief taught him the basics of watercolor, drawing and painting, but it wasn't until the young Muhanna met Dutch painter William Hallowin who introduced him to Rembrandt and the Dutch school that he became obsessed with the power of light. In 1954, he was sent to the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome to become the first Jordanian to receive a formal art education. He claims to have been disillusioned by the academy and committed himself to studying the classics through art in museums and churches. After graduating in 1958, Durra returned to Amman to teach history of art at the Teachers Training College. In 1964, Durra established the Fine Arts Section at the Department of Culture and Art, Amman, and then established the Jordan Institute of Fine Arts in 1970. Durra is the first Jordanian to establish an art studio to teach students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muhanna Al-Dura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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