Hassan Massoudy - La Paix (Peace)
Signed/Unsigned poster, 50 × 65cm
Donated to support Memories Carried
“As a child living in exile, images were all we carried with us; they were all that carried our memories” Yamam Nabeel
Memories Carried is campaign raising funds for grassroots human rights and humanitarian organisations in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Lebanon. 100% of profits go straight to the charity partners: Al Haq, Al Mezan, Health Workers for Palestine and The Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.
About Hassan Massoudy
Hassan Massoudy was born in Najaf, Iraq in 1944. Growing up in the traditional society of Najaf, he showed great artistic promise in his early years through figurative paintings and drawings.
Due to political reasons against him, he was refused admission to the Fine Arts Academy in Baghdad in 1961.
He started working as an apprentice to various commercial calligraphers in Baghdad, while aspiring to become a figurative painter. He moved to Paris in 1969 and found work as a calligrapher, working for an Algerian-Arabic magazine.
In 1970 he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied figurative painting. However he started to focus more on calligraphy and through various collaborations with musicians, dancers, and actors he created a unique style that has inspired many other artists since.
He met his wife Isabelle, who was an illustrator, at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Together they have a daughter and two grandchildren, and continued to live and work in Paris.
Hassan has still has not returned to Iraq.
Signed/Unsigned poster, 50 × 65cm
Donated to support Memories Carried
“As a child living in exile, images were all we carried with us; they were all that carried our memories” Yamam Nabeel
Memories Carried is campaign raising funds for grassroots human rights and humanitarian organisations in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Lebanon. 100% of profits go straight to the charity partners: Al Haq, Al Mezan, Health Workers for Palestine and The Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.
About Hassan Massoudy
Hassan Massoudy was born in Najaf, Iraq in 1944. Growing up in the traditional society of Najaf, he showed great artistic promise in his early years through figurative paintings and drawings.
Due to political reasons against him, he was refused admission to the Fine Arts Academy in Baghdad in 1961.
He started working as an apprentice to various commercial calligraphers in Baghdad, while aspiring to become a figurative painter. He moved to Paris in 1969 and found work as a calligrapher, working for an Algerian-Arabic magazine.
In 1970 he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied figurative painting. However he started to focus more on calligraphy and through various collaborations with musicians, dancers, and actors he created a unique style that has inspired many other artists since.
He met his wife Isabelle, who was an illustrator, at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Together they have a daughter and two grandchildren, and continued to live and work in Paris.
Hassan has still has not returned to Iraq.
Signed/Unsigned poster, 50 × 65cm
Donated to support Memories Carried
“As a child living in exile, images were all we carried with us; they were all that carried our memories” Yamam Nabeel
Memories Carried is campaign raising funds for grassroots human rights and humanitarian organisations in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Lebanon. 100% of profits go straight to the charity partners: Al Haq, Al Mezan, Health Workers for Palestine and The Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.
About Hassan Massoudy
Hassan Massoudy was born in Najaf, Iraq in 1944. Growing up in the traditional society of Najaf, he showed great artistic promise in his early years through figurative paintings and drawings.
Due to political reasons against him, he was refused admission to the Fine Arts Academy in Baghdad in 1961.
He started working as an apprentice to various commercial calligraphers in Baghdad, while aspiring to become a figurative painter. He moved to Paris in 1969 and found work as a calligrapher, working for an Algerian-Arabic magazine.
In 1970 he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied figurative painting. However he started to focus more on calligraphy and through various collaborations with musicians, dancers, and actors he created a unique style that has inspired many other artists since.
He met his wife Isabelle, who was an illustrator, at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Together they have a daughter and two grandchildren, and continued to live and work in Paris.
Hassan has still has not returned to Iraq.