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Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan (born 1941; ) is a
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-born painter, professor, television production designer, and television producer. He lives in
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, Jordan, where he teaches fine arts at the
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.


Early life and education

He was born in the former village of
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, north of
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in the
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. The town was captured by Israeli forces in 1948. He grew up in the
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of
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near
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, where he began painting as a child. He studied fine arts and film in Moscow,
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,
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and
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. His daughter is film director Hanadi Elyan.


Style

Nasr is a figurative painter whose individual style is concerned with cultural traditions. His paintings depict the rural life of Palestinian farmers and the traditional Palestinian way of life. He simplifies his subjects with simple geometrical lines, creating both harmony and balance. Most of his paintings are oil on canvas. He did some water colors especially as supportive illustrations to one of his television productions. He has had several exhibitions in
Amman Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant ...
, Jordan and abroad. His last participation was ''Orfali Art Gallery'' in Amman on 26 July 2007.


Film and television career

Nasr worked in Jordan Television and then moved to
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. He worked as an interior designer for drama production and headed Dubai TV's design department for at least 20 years. He also headed the Production Center created by Dubai TV. During that period he received a Masters of Arts degree in visual arts from
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– specializing him as a screen play writer and producer. He produced several programs and serials. He also wrote a research about Arab Media for the
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at
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. He produced an informative television series entitled ''Costumes Through the Ages''. That took a substantial amount of research and a little over a hundred water color paintings used as illustrations.


See also

*
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External links


Eleyan's paintings can be viewed on his web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eleyan, Nasr Abdel Aziz Palestinian male painters Living people 1941 births Jordanian people of Palestinian descent Jordanian painters 20th-century Palestinian male artists 20th-century Palestinian painters Date of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Palestinian male artists 21st-century Palestinian painters Academic staff of the University of Jordan