Salwa Fallouh (; 1920 – December 26, 2008), was a Syrian painter and illustrator. She started painting professionally at the age of 80, and left a legacy of thousands of paintings.

Biography

Salwa Fallouh was born in 1920 in the village of

Bassir Bassir () is a village in Hauran, located 630 meters (0.4 miles) above sea level and southern of Damascus in Syria. Bassir is bordered from the east by Lejah, from the south by Khabab, from the west by Al-Sanamayn and from the north by Jebab. It ...

Hauran The Hauran (; also spelled ''Hawran'' or ''Houran'') is a region that spans parts of southern Syria and northern Jordan. It is bound in the north by the Ghouta oasis, to the northeast by the al-Safa field, to the east and south by the Harrat ...

Kingdom of Syria The Syrian Arab Kingdom (, ') was a self-proclaimed, unrecognized monarchy existing briefly in the territory of historical Syria. It was announced on 5 October 1918 as a fully independent Arab constitutional government with the permission of the ...

(now

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

). She married at the age of 20 to Hani Al-Salem, and together they had 9 children. When her children were raised, she began exploring the process of making art. Her work was primarily impressionist landscapes, animals, and still life paintings. Carlos Barona Narbione, of the Cervantes Center in Damascus wrote about her after her first art exhibition: “These are the birds, trees, deer, suns, and flowers that Salwa saw in her childhood,” She died on December 26, 2008, in Syria.

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1920 births 2008 deaths Syrian women painters Syrian illustrators Syrian contemporary artists 21st-century Syrian painters 21st-century women painters {{Syria-artist-stub

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