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FATEH MOUDARRES (SYRIAN 1922-1999) LES AMANTS (THE LOVERS) signed Moudarres in Arabic lower right; inscribed in Arabic on the reverse oil and sand on canvas 40.5 x 30.5cm; 16 x 12in unframed Executed in 1993 Sold with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Estate of Fateh Moudarres A seminal figure in Syrian art, Fateh Moudarres is a pioneer of modern painting in his country, integrating elements of Assyrian art with Christian iconography and European modernism. Born in Aleppo, Moudarres studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Rome and later at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris (1972) where he was deeply influenced by Christian symbolism as well as Surrealism and abstraction. The presence of totemic figures in compositions such as this one are reminiscent of Assyrian statuary and ancient Sumerian and Islamic art. Moudarres’ flattened figures, muted palette, and dreamlike abstraction have featured in some of the foremost international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale, the São Paulo Biennale, the New York International Art Fair and Contemporary Arab Art Exhibition in Paris. Towards the end of his career, Moudarres moved to Syria where he was a lecturer at the University of Damascus until his death. In 2019, the artist was the subject of the major retrospective Fateh al-Moudarres: Colour, Extensity and Sense held in the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha.