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Sliman Mansour, a 79-year-old Palestinian artist, has died after a long illness. Born in 1947, Mansour was a key figure in Palestinian contemporary art, known for his paintings that embodied the story of Palestine through symbols rooted in land and memory. Over five decades, he exhibited extensively and received numerous awards for his contributions to Arab and Palestinian culture. His work drew from ancient civilizations, Islamic art, and global influences, reflecting both local life and universal themes of freedom and resistance.

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Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, a prominent figure in Palestinian resistance art, has died at the age of 79 after a long illness. Born in Birzeit, near Ramallah, in 1947, Mansour rose to prominence in the 1970s as part of a generation seeking to rebuild a threatened identity through symbols rooted in land and memory. His paintings, which came to embody the story of Palestine, were exhibited extensively across the Arab world and internationally, and are held in museums and private collections worldwide. Mansour's visual language drew from ancient civilizations such as Canaanite, Pharaonic, and Assyrian, as well as Islamic and Arab art. He received numerous awards for his contribution to Arab and Palestinian culture.

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Celebrated artist Sliman Mansour, one of the founding figures of contemporary Palestinian art, has died at the age of 79 after a long illness, his family announced on Monday. asserted

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Born in Birzeit, near Ramallah, in 1947, Mansour rose to prominence in the 1970s as part of a generation of Palestinian artists, writers and poets seeking to rebuild a threatened identity through symbols rooted in land and memory. asserted

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Over more than five decades, his paintings came to embody the story of Palestine: the farmer clinging to his soil, the stone house on a hill, the embroidered thobe and the smile of a young girl carrying the hope of return. asserted

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Mansour studied art in Beirut and Washington and went on to exhibit extensively, both in solo shows and group exhibitions across the Arab world and internationally. asserted

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His works are held in museums and private collections worldwide, and he received numerous awards in recognition of his contribution to Arab and Palestinian culture. asserted

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His visual language drew deeply from the region’s ancient civilisations – Canaanite, Pharaonic and Assyrian – as well as Islamic and Arab art, particularly calligraphy and geometric motifs. asserted

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At the same time, his upbringing in Birzeit anchored his work in the everyday life of Palestinian villages: the landscape, peasants, traditional homes and clothing. asserted

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Mansour also absorbed influences from global art that carried messages of freedom and resistance, blending local forms with a universal appeal. asserted

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During the first Intifada, he helped found the New Vision group with fellow artists, turning to mud, straw, wood, leather, henna and natural dyes after Palestinian artists boycotted Israeli-made supplies. asserted

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This shift, he later said, forged a vital link between post-Nakba art and the work of younger generations. asserted

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His brush, critics and admirers agree, carried the homeland. asserted

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Al Jazeera looks at some of his famous paintings. asserted

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Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, giant of resistance art, dies aged 79

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