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== Biography ==
== Biography ==


He held several personal exhibitions in West Germany and Paris.
Fuad Al-Futaih was born in the Taiz in 1948.


He participated in various international exhibitions, including the International Biennale of Art, San Francisco in 1973–1974.
He received a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany.


He participated in the Arab Cultural Week West Germany in 1975.
In 1980 he returned to Yemen and became the first Director of Fine Arts in the Ministry of Culture, Government of Yemen, Sana’a. Established the Department of Plastic Art in Sana’a.
And in the Biennale of Ljubljana, Pennsylvania Biennale, 1976.


He held many personal exhibitions in Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, France and other countries. He participated in group exhibitions, inside and outside Yemen.
In 1986, opened the first art gallery in Yemen (possibly the first in Gulf countries). It was called Gallery No. 1.


Perform illustrations for a number of children's stories.
In 1992 he founded and served as Director of the National Arts Center in the old city, Sana’a, Yemen.


Fouad Alfatih was born in the stone in 1948.
Exhibitions of Fuad Al-Futaih’s Works by Country:
West Germany – Germany Dem. Republic; Belgium; Netherlands; Bulgaria; USSR; North Korea; Greece; Japan; France; England, United Kingdom; Norway; USA; Ljubljana, Yugoslavia; Czechoslovakia; Egypt; Lebanon; Iraq; Libya; Kuwait; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Tunis, Tunisia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Italy; Yemen (Aden, Sana’a).


He received a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Specifically:
• The National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq.
• International Exhibition for Palestine, Beirut, Lebanon.
• Biennale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
• Arab Art Exhibition, Bonn, Germany.
• The International Exhibition, Ginette, Belgium.
• The First Arab Graphic Exhibition, London, United Kingdom.
• The Foreign Artists Exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany.
• The Travelling Plastic Art Exhibition, Germany.
• The Alexandria Museum of Art, Egypt.
• International Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy
• International Children’s Book Fair, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
• International Children’s Book Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt.
• Muscat Forum for Arab Fine Arts, Oman.
• Friends of the Youth Creative Center Exhibition, Doha, Qatar.
• Alef Ba Hall, Kuwait.
• Drawing Exhibition of Tunisia.
• Fine Arts Exhibition of the United Nations, New York.
• Yugoslavia Biennale.
• Frederick Biennial of Norway Stadt.
• Yemeni Civilization Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• International Art Exhibition, Catania, Italy.
• Contemporary Arab Art Exhibition, London, United Kingdom.
• Arab Art Exhibition, Le Havro, France
• Contemporary Arab Art Exhibition, Museum of the Arab World, Paris, France.
• International Portrait Exhibition, Yugoslavia.
• Biennale of World Graphic, Varna, Bulgaria.
• International Miniature Biennale Frederic Stadt, Norway.
• International Festival of Plastic Art, Baghdad, Iraq.
• Exhibition of Eiffel Tower Drawings, Paris, France.
• Gallery Zamana, London Cultural Week, London, United Kingdom.
• International Exhibition for Peace and Solidarity, Athens, Greece.
• Amman Biennial, Amman, Jordan.
• Sharjah International Biennial, Sharjah, UAE.

Awards:
1989: Received First Yemen National Award in Fine Art.
1975: Received Second prize for the logo on the International Women’s Decade.
1982 Received the Winning Prize for the national entry for the competition for the Poster on Disarmament from the United Nations.
- Received Medal from the Alexandria Museum of Art, Egypt.
- Received Third Prize from the Muscat Arab Art Exhibition, Oman.


Public (Museums) and Private Collections of Al-Futaih’s Works:
Many museums, galleries and international personalities all over the world have collected works by Fuad Al-Futaih. Examples include The British Museum; San Francisco Museum, USA; Dresden Museum, Germany; Museum of the Arab World, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, Norway; Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, Norway, Catania Museum, Italy; Alexandria Museum of Modern Art; University of Cologne; Theubenfen University; and the University of Sana’a, Yemen. Specific examples include:

• The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
The Immigrant, ink on board, 1975 by Fuad Al-Futaih

• Sharjah Art Museum, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates,
Heaven and Earth 3, Graphic Print, 54x39 cm, 1972 by Fuad Al-Futaih

• Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris, France.

• Le Musee de L’Institut du Monde Arabe
“The Fisherman” by Fuad Al-Futaih

• Hindiyeh Museum and Gallery, Amman, Jordan
“Sleeping woman on a boat”

• Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
1. “Heaven and Earth 3,” Silk screen, 54 x 39 cm, 1972 by Fuad Al-Futaih
2. “Untitled,” 1993, mixed media on canvas by Fuad Al-Futaih


• Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
1. “Women,” 1992 by Fuad Al-Futaih
2. “Face,” 2001 by Fuad Al-Futaih
3. “Composition in Color,” 2000 by Fuad Al-Futaih.

Range of work:

• Covered black & white drawings, silk screening, lithography, etching – sculpture, book illustrations, experimental theatre films.

• Covered using white, black, blue and red oil colours on canvas, watercolours on paper, copper and iron, oil on wood.

• Covered murals and sculpture projects:
- Did large mural 9m x 3m in Sana’a
- Did sport Stadium Sana’a, stone sculpture (Power and Peace white stone sculpture) at Sana’a International Airport, Yemen.
- Did fountain projects in Sana’a.

• Introduced model gypsum houses featuring Yemeni vernacular architecture.


Uses of work: Illustrated children’s books, designed medals, logos, stamps, and coins

• Illustrated the book, Yemen by Laurence Deonna, Three Continents Press, Washington, D.C., 1991.

• Illustrated the childrens book Die Stadt, wo man sagt: Das ist wunderschön by Fuad Qaud, Zwei moderne arabische Märchen, Edition Orient, Germany, 1994.
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• Logo Art for cover of book, Die Öllampe Der Umm Hascim by Yahya Hakki, Zweisprachige Reihe, Edition Orient, Germany, 1981.

• Art for cover of book, Der Tod des Mystikers by Salah Abd as-Sabur, Edition Orient, Germany, 1981.

• Art cover of book, At-Tabrizi und sein Knecht by Alfred Farage, Edition Orient, Germany, 1982.

• Art cover for book, Märchen der Berber Algeriens by Mohamed Grim (Bearb.), Edition Orient, Germany, 1983.


• Art (‘Woman in Red Dress’) featured on cover for Worldview: The National Peace Corp Association Magazine and also artwork appeared in that same issue of Worldview, Washington, DC., USA, Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999.

• Work (several pieces) used to illustrate pages of article “The Women of Islam” by Leila Ahmed published in Transition, Issue 83, V9 N3, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000, pp. 78-97.

• Art (“Woman in Red Dress”) featured on cover for book, Worlds of Fiction, Second Edition, edited by Roberta Rubenstein and Charles R. Larson, Pearson College Division, July 9, 2002.

Other roles:

• Served as one of the founders and first President of the Arab Artists Association in Europe.

• Served as one of judges for selecting the works of Yemeni plastic artists at the International Art Festival in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.

• Served as owner of the Gallery No. 1, the first ever gallery to be opened in the Republic of Yemen.


Director of Fine Arts in the Ministry of Culture Sana'a.
He then founded the first art gallery for a period of time.


It was then closed and emptied to the administration of the National Center for the Arts until it was discontinued in 2012.


He moved to Aden in recent years from 'Umrah after he divorced his German wife and married a Yemeni.


Faud Al-Futaih moved to between Sana'a and Aden until he passed away in Aden 2018.
He stopped painting almost since 2012, and stayed in Aden until he died in 2018.


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 12:26, 5 June 2024

Fuad Al-Futaih
Born
Fuad Al-Futaih

(1948-05-01)1 May 1948
Taiz of Yemen
Died28 February 2018(2018-02-28) (aged 69)
Aden, Yemen
Known forPainting
Movementgraphic

Fuad Al-Futaih (1948–2018) One of the pioneers of graphic art in Yemen, participated in 1978, (Graphic Exhibition of Arab artists), which was held by the Iraqi Cultural Center in London, representing Yemen. With three paintings: (fisherman) (Dodhiya) and (woman).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Biography[edit]

He held several personal exhibitions in West Germany and Paris.

He participated in various international exhibitions, including the International Biennale of Art, San Francisco in 1973–1974.

He participated in the Arab Cultural Week West Germany in 1975. And in the Biennale of Ljubljana, Pennsylvania Biennale, 1976.

He held many personal exhibitions in Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, France and other countries. He participated in group exhibitions, inside and outside Yemen.

Perform illustrations for a number of children's stories.

Fouad Alfatih was born in the stone in 1948.

He received a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Director of Fine Arts in the Ministry of Culture Sana'a. He then founded the first art gallery for a period of time.

It was then closed and emptied to the administration of the National Center for the Arts until it was discontinued in 2012.

He moved to Aden in recent years from 'Umrah after he divorced his German wife and married a Yemeni.

He stopped painting almost since 2012, and stayed in Aden until he died in 2018.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ وفاة الفنان التشكيلي فؤاد الفتيح Archived 2019-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Yemeni American News » فؤاد الفُتيح.. اللوحة والحياة..!". yemeniamerican.com. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  4. ^ "الفنان التشكيلي " فؤاد الفتيح " في ذمة الله - المساء برس". masa-press.net. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  5. ^ المصدر أونلاين - خاص (2018-03-01). "رحيل فؤاد الفتيح.. أحد رواد الفن التشكيلي اليمني - المصدر أونلاين". almasdaronline.com. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
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  7. ^ "YUCCA Filmproduktion: Informationen zum Dokumentarfilm Frau ohne Schleier". yucca-filmproduktion.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16.
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