{"id":23,"name":"Ismail Shammout","url":"http:\/\/www.shammout.com\/","description":"Ismail Abdul-Qader Shammout 1930-2006\r\n\r\n1930\tBorn in the city of Lydda, Palestine.\r\n1948\tForced to abandon his birthplace and take refuge in a refugee camp in Khan-Younes, Gaza Strip.\r\n\r\n1950\tEnrolled in the College of Fine Arts in Cairo.\r\n1953\tSet up his first exhibition in the town of Gaza, (29th July 1953) the first exhibition ever to be held by a Palestinian artist in Palestine (his brother, Jamil, took part in this exhibition).\r\n1954\t\r\nOpened his major exhibition in Cairo,with the participation of the Palestinian artist Tamam Aref Al-Akhal, a colleague then, and currently his wife. The exhibition was sponsored and inaugurated by Egyptian President Jamal Abdul-Nasser, on the 21st July 1954.\r\nMoved to Italy and joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.\r\n\r\n1956\tMoved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he lived and worked in various artistic and cultural endeavors.\r\n1959\tMarried his artist colleague, Mss. Tamam Al-Akhal.\r\n1965\tJoined the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), as Director of Arts and National Culture.\r\n1969\tElected as first Secretary General, Union of Palestinian Artists.\r\n1971\tElected as first Secretary General, Union of Arab Artists.\r\n1983\tMoved from Beirut to Kuwait with his family, following the Israeli aggression against the PLO in Lebanon.\r\n1992\tMoved to Cologne, Germany, following the Gulf war.\r\n1994\tSettled in Amman, Jordan, where the artist currently resides.\r\n\r\nIsmail Shammout has the following publications:\r\n \t- The Young Artist, Beirut (1957), Arabic.\r\n- Palestine, Illustrated Political History, Beirut (1972), various languages.\r\n- Palestinian National Art, Beirut (1978), various languages.\r\n- Palestine in Perspective, Beirut (1978), Arabic & English.\r\n- Art in Palestine, Kuwait (1989), Arabic & English.","link":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/?author=23","slug":"ismail-shammout","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a44dfb52647dfdacadf692536337a4ccf5cde1fe05b03854dd73cb0e546420f?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a44dfb52647dfdacadf692536337a4ccf5cde1fe05b03854dd73cb0e546420f?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a44dfb52647dfdacadf692536337a4ccf5cde1fe05b03854dd73cb0e546420f?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}