Shammout, Ismail

Date born:   1930

Place Born:   Lod [Lydda]

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Painter and art historian. The first Palestinian to enroll in the College of Fine Arts in Cairo. Studied at the Accademia di Belle Arte in Rome. Painted subjects demonstrating how Palestinians dealt with the loss of their homeland.

Home Country:  Palestine

Sources:  The Dictionary of Art

Bibliography:   Art in Palestine. Kuwait City, 1989.