Marwan Kassab Bachi

Marwan, was a famous Syrian artist, well-known for his figurative oil paintings. He was born in Damascus in 1934, he studied Arabic Literature at Damascus University from 1955 to 1957 and than he decided to move to Germany in 1957, where he used to work and live until the day of his death. His artistic practice was influenced by the memory of his country and by the European painting styles in which he was trained. “Marwan has been instrumental in bridging the art worlds of the Middle East and Europe,” says Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, the founder of the Sharjah-based Barjeel Art Foundation, which owns several works by the artist.