Ahmad Madoun Syrian Artist

Ahmad Madoun | Syrian Artist

Biography

Ahmad Madoun was a renowned Syrian artist born in 1941 Palmyra. His creative approach calls to mind the brilliance of early modernist painter Marc Chagall.  Like Chagall, Madoun combined the symbolism of his culture with an accomplished sense of colour in a contemporary style. Madoun’s use of colour ranges from the sombre to the brilliant, depending on the period he was working in, and the media he employed.

Art Is Life, Which Is Art In Itself”

Ahmad Madoun

After completing high school, Madoun was assigned a scholarship to study trade & economics in Egypt.  Ahmad stated that his artistic life began in 1956 when he first painted the countryside, indulging the primitive taste of his fellow countrymen. Madoun’s birthplace of palmyra would always be the main source of artistic inspiration for the images he created.

Having completed his studies at Cairo University, Madoun was issued his B.Sc. in Commerce and was delegated to Japan to study Computer Science. Tokyo hosted a private exhibition of Madoun in 1967. Madoun occupied numerous positions in different ministries.

Ahmad Madoun was first appointed to work in the governmental cabinet, then was transferred to the Ministry of Culture to work as “Director to Fine Arts” and later as “Manager to Adham Isma’eel Centre for Fine Arts” following a course in Britain on the principles of teaching children how to draw.

Artistic Expression

Mr. Madoun was a prolific artist. He worked in water colour, oil, print making and graphite over the 27 years he actively created. Madoun developed the skill of “plastic drawing” using the symbols of nature and his homeland. He was a teacher to a number of well-known Syrian artists, yet for many years no exhibitions were organized in Syria to show his own work.

The reasoning behind these long years of non-exhibition was his own feeling that he had not yet reached the artistic level that satisfied his conviction proving that “Art is life which is art in itself”. Because of this, not a single drawing was exhibited for a period of fifteen years.

Syrian heritage and the countryside environment of the ancient city Palmyra are always tangible in the drawings of Ahmad Madoun, who had always endeavoured to incorporate the glorious arts and culture that once flourished in the ancient days of prosperity of Palmyra. To come to this aim, he used “Art as a means to catch up with the passing away of moments of time”, which is a phrase used by the late water colour artist and national treasure Waleed Izzat. 

Death and More Information

Ahmad Madoun was killed in an automobile accident in 1983. At only 42 years of age, his life, and his artistic career was brought to an abrupt halt and his distinguished creative style came to an end.

Madoun has work in the National Museum of Damascus, the Museum of Modern Art in Damascus, and private collections in Syria, Egypt, Germany, America, France Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, India, Kuwait, Mexico and Belgium.

Madoun’s family currently have many of his pieces for sale. Please visit the Art From the Other Side portfolio page or Ahmad Madoun profile page on Facebook to view available works for sale. For pricing inquiries, feel free to contact us directly through Facebook, or through the official Ahmad Madoun website contact form. All monies raised by the sale of Amhad Madoun’s artwork will go to help his family rebuild their lives since the destruction of the war in Syria.

For more information (and galleries) about Ahmad Madoun, visit the official website ahmadmadoun.com here. We have language translations available on this site.

Museum and Gallery Collections

This following video has been designed by Lynn Madoun to display some artwork whichcreated by The Artist Ahmad Madoun. All these portraits are currently housed in the National Museum in Damascus, The Culture Ministry, The Museum of Modern Art in Damascus and other collections and galleries.

Madoun’s artwork is in collections in:

• The National Museum in Damascus
• The Culture Ministry
• Special Collections in : Syria, Egypt, Germany, The United States, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, India, Kuwait, Mexico and Belgium

Gallery of Madoun’s Works

To Purchase Madoun’s Work

Madoun’s family currently have many of his pieces for sale. Please visit the Art From the Other Side portfolio page to contact us directly through Facebook. All monies raised by the sale of Amhad Madoun’s artwork will go to help his family rebuild their lives since the destruction of the Syrian war.