Mahmoud Hammad
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Mahmoud Hammad

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    • (عن الفنان (العربية
    • About The Artist (English)
  • Paintings/
    • Muslim Scientists - 1988
    • 1963-1988 Calligraphy & Late Work
    • 1957-1963 Horan, Syria
    • 1953-1957 Rome
    • 1939-1953 The Beginnings
  • Other Work/
    • 1953-1988 Graphics
    • Medallions
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Calligraphy . 1964 . كتابة عربية

Mahmoud Hammad

1923 - 1988

1963-1988

Mahmoud Hammad

  • Official Website/
  • Introduction/
    • (عن الفنان (العربية
    • About The Artist (English)
  • Paintings/
    • Muslim Scientists - 1988
    • 1963-1988 Calligraphy & Late Work
    • 1957-1963 Horan, Syria
    • 1953-1957 Rome
    • 1939-1953 The Beginnings
  • Other Work/
    • 1953-1988 Graphics
    • Medallions
    • Monuments
  • Testimonials/
    • (تعليقات و نقد (العربية
    • Testimonials (English)
  • Exhibitions/
  • Contact/
Calligraphy . 1964 . كتابة عربية

Calligraphy . 1964 . كتابة عربية

Oil on canvas.

75x90 cm  

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1964 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1964 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Oil on canvas.

90x75 cm

Signed lower right.

 

 

Calligraphy . 1965 . كتابة عربية

Calligraphy . 1965 . كتابة عربية

  Oil on canvas.

  75x75 cm

  Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1965 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1965 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Oil on canvas.

128x100 cm  

Signed lower right.

Callygraphy . 1966 . كتابه عربية

Callygraphy . 1966 . كتابه عربية

Oil on canvas.

 58x58 cm

Signed lower left.

Calligraphy . 1966 . كتابة عربية

Calligraphy . 1966 . كتابة عربية

Oil on canvas.

90x120 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . الم . 1967

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . الم . 1967

Oil on canvas.

75x75 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Lakad Daa Shiiri . 1967 . لقد ضاع شعري

Calligraphy . Lakad Daa Shiiri . 1967 . لقد ضاع شعري

Oil on canvas.

58x75 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1968 . دمشق

Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1968 . دمشق

Oil on canvas.

75x90 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1968 . ضاد

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1968 . ضاد

Oil on canvas.

58x58 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Salam . 1968 .  سلام

Calligraphy . Salam . 1968 . سلام

Watercolor on paper.

26.9x36.6 cm

Signed lower right.

Composition . 5 Pannels . 1968 . مساحات تلوينية

Composition . 5 Pannels . 1968 . مساحات تلوينية

Oil on canvas.

57.5x175 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . 1968 . كتابة عربية

Calligraphy . 1968 . كتابة عربية

Oil on canvas.

90x75 cm 

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . NOUN . 1968 . نون

Calligraphy . NOUN . 1968 . نون

Oil on canvas.

(57.5x58cm)

Signed lower right.

 

Composition . 1970 . تكوين

Composition . 1970 . تكوين

Oil on canvas.

110x90 cm

Signed lower right.

Composition . 1971 . تكوين

Composition . 1971 . تكوين

Oil on canvas.

75x90 cm 

 Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . TASAM . 1971 . طسم

Calligraphy . TASAM . 1971 . طسم

Watercolor on paper.

18.1x23.1 cm

Signed lower left.

Calligraphy . La Ghaliba Illa Allah . 1971 . لا غالب الا الله

Calligraphy . La Ghaliba Illa Allah . 1971 . لا غالب الا الله

Watercolor on paper.

18.3x23.2 cm

Signed lower right.

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Calligraphy . TASAM . 1972 . طسم

Calligraphy . TASAM . 1972 . طسم

Oil on canvas.

58x58 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1974 . دمشق

Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1974 . دمشق

Oil on canvas.

68x85 cm

Signed lower right.

Jordan National Gallery Of Fine Arts, Amman.

Calligraphy . NOUN , DHAD .1976 . نون , ضاد

Calligraphy . NOUN , DHAD .1976 . نون , ضاد

 Oil on canvas.

 58x35 cm

Signed lower right. 

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Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam Wa Ma Yasturun . 1976 . نون والقلم وما يسطرون

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam Wa Ma Yasturun . 1976 . نون والقلم وما يسطرون

Oil on canvas.

58x58 cm

Signed lower right. 

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1976 . ضاد

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1976 . ضاد

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right.

Composition . 1978 . تكوين

Composition . 1978 . تكوين

Oil on canvas.

48.5x68.5 cm 

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy. TASAM . 1978 . طسم

Calligraphy. TASAM . 1978 . طسم

Oil on canvas.

56x75 cm 

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1979 . الم

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1979 . الم

Oil on canvas.

75x58 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Alrahman Alraheem . 1979 . الرحمن الرحيم

Calligraphy . Alrahman Alraheem . 1979 . الرحمن الرحيم

Oil on canvas.

60x37 cm

Signed lower right.

 

 

Abstract In Squares . 1980 . تجريد في مربعات

Abstract In Squares . 1980 . تجريد في مربعات

Oil on paper.

42x37 cm

Signed lower right.  

 

 

Geometric Design In Squares . 1981 . أشكال هندسية في مربعات

Geometric Design In Squares . 1981 . أشكال هندسية في مربعات

Oil on paper.

42x37 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1981 . ضاد

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1981 . ضاد

Oil on canvas.

58x45 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . SALAM . 1981 .  سلام

Calligraphy . SALAM . 1981 . سلام

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right. 

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1981 . ضاد

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1981 . ضاد

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm 

Signed lower right.

 

 

Calligraphy . TASAM . 1981 . طسم

Calligraphy . TASAM . 1981 . طسم

Watercolor on paper.

14x19 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 31 - 12 - 1981 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 31 - 12 - 1981 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Watercolor on paper.

48x36 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawla Min Rabin Raheem . 1981 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawla Min Rabin Raheem . 1981 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Watercolor on paper.

48x36 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1982 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1982 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Oil on canvas.

90x75 cm

Signed lower right.

 

 

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawwaz . 1982 . أبجد هوز

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawwaz . 1982 . أبجد هوز

Watercolor on paper.

36x26 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1982 . نون و القلم

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1982 . نون و القلم

Acrylic on paper.

42x33 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1982 . ضاد

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1982 . ضاد

Watercolor on paper.

48x36 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM. 1982 . الم

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM. 1982 . الم

Watercolor on paper.

48x36

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawwaz Hetti Kalamon . 1982 . أبجد هوز حطي كلمن

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawwaz Hetti Kalamon . 1982 . أبجد هوز حطي كلمن

Watercolor on paper.

14x19 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Alrahman Alraheem . 1982 . الرحمن الرحيم

Calligraphy . Alrahman Alraheem . 1982 . الرحمن الرحيم

Oil on canvas.

58x58 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Bism Allah . 1983 . بسم الله

Calligraphy . Bism Allah . 1983 . بسم الله

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Bism Allah . 1983 . بسم الله

Calligraphy . Bism Allah . 1983 . بسم الله

Oil on canvas.

90x75 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . SALAM, DHAD . 1983 . سلام , ضاض

Calligraphy . SALAM, DHAD . 1983 . سلام , ضاض

Acrylic on paper.

41.5x34 cm

Signed lower right.

 

 

 

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1983 . الم

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1983 . الم

Acrylic on paper.

42x34 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Dimashq . 1983 . دمشق

Calligraphy . Dimashq . 1983 . دمشق

Acrylic on paper.

42x34 cm 

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1983 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1983 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Acrylic on paper.

34x42 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1983 . الم

Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1983 . الم

Acrylic on paper.

32.5x25 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1983 . أبجد هوز

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1983 . أبجد هوز

Acrylic on paper.

42x34 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Noun Wal Kalam . 1983 . نون و القلم

Calligraphy . Noun Wal Kalam . 1983 . نون و القلم

Acrylic on paper.

45x33 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 .  نون والقلم

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 . نون والقلم

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 . نون والقلم

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 . نون والقلم

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right. 

Calligraphy. Dimashk . 1984 . كتابة عربية  دمشق

Calligraphy. Dimashk . 1984 . كتابة عربية دمشق

Oil on canvas.

75x58 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 . نون والقلم

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 . نون والقلم

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1984 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1984 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Acrylic on paper.

34x42 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1984 . أبجد هوز

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1984 . أبجد هوز

Acrylic on paper.

34x42 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam Wa Ma Yasturun . 1984 . نون والقلم وما يسطرون

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam Wa Ma Yasturun . 1984 . نون والقلم وما يسطرون

Oil on canvas.

58x58 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Nour Ala Nour . 1984 . نور على نور

Calligraphy . Nour Ala Nour . 1984 . نور على نور

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1984 . أبجد هوز

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1984 . أبجد هوز

Oil on canvas

 90x75 cm

Signed lower right.

 

Calligraphy . SALAM, DHAD . 1984 . سلام , ضاد

Calligraphy . SALAM, DHAD . 1984 . سلام , ضاد

Oil on canvas.

28.5x39.5 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . ALDHAD . 1985 . الضاد

Calligraphy . ALDHAD . 1985 . الضاد

Oil on canvas.

74.5x58 cm 

Signed lower left.

Calligraphy. Abjad Hawaz . 1985 . أبجد هوز

Calligraphy. Abjad Hawaz . 1985 . أبجد هوز

Oil on canvas.

60x75 cm

Signed lower right.

Jordan National Gallery Of fine Arts, Amman.

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1986 . أبجد هوز

Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1986 . أبجد هوز

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right. 

 

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1986 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1986 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Oil on canvas.

75x150 cm

Signed lower right. 

Calligraphy . Wa In Shakartum Laazedannakom . 1986 . وان شكرتم لازيدنكم

Calligraphy . Wa In Shakartum Laazedannakom . 1986 . وان شكرتم لازيدنكم

Oil on canvas.

58x58 cm 

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Ikal Wa Tawakkal . 1987 . اعقل وتوكل

Calligraphy . Ikal Wa Tawakkal . 1987 . اعقل وتوكل

Oil on canvas.

110x100 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1987 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1987 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Oil on Canvas.

75x58 cm

Signed lower right. 

Calligraphy . Ya Haleem . 1987 . يا حليم

Calligraphy . Ya Haleem . 1987 . يا حليم

Oil on canvas.

50x70 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1987 . نون و القلم

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1987 . نون و القلم

Oil on canvas.

40x50 cm

Signed lower left.

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1987 . نون والقلم

Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1987 . نون والقلم

Oil on canvas.

75x58 cm 

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1987 . كتابة عربية . دمشق

Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1987 . كتابة عربية . دمشق

Oil on canvas.

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Nouron Ala Nour . 1987 . نور على نور

Calligraphy . Nouron Ala Nour . 1987 . نور على نور

Oil on canvas.

58x58 cm 

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1987 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1987 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم

Oil on canvas.

40x50 cm

Signed lower right.  

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1988 . ضاد

Calligraphy . DHAD . 1988 . ضاد

Oil on canvas.

74.5x58 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . 1988 . كتابة عربية

Calligraphy . 1988 . كتابة عربية

Oil on canvas.

25x35 cm

Signed lower left. 

Calligraphy . Ikal Wa Tawakkal . 1988 . اعقل وتوكل

Calligraphy . Ikal Wa Tawakkal . 1988 . اعقل وتوكل

Oil on canvas.

25x35 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . Nouron Ala Nour . 1988 . نور على نور

Calligraphy . Nouron Ala Nour . 1988 . نور على نور

Oil on canvas.

50x40 cm

Signed lower right.

Calligraphy . La Ghaliba Illa Allah . 1988 . لاغالب الا الله

Calligraphy . La Ghaliba Illa Allah . 1988 . لاغالب الا الله

Oil on canvas.

40x50 cm

Signed lower right.

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Calligraphy . 1964 . كتابة عربية
Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1964 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم
Calligraphy . 1965 . كتابة عربية
Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1965 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم
Callygraphy . 1966 . كتابه عربية
Calligraphy . 1966 . كتابة عربية
Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . الم . 1967
Calligraphy . Lakad Daa Shiiri . 1967 . لقد ضاع شعري
Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1968 . دمشق
Calligraphy . DHAD . 1968 . ضاد
Calligraphy . Salam . 1968 .  سلام
Composition . 5 Pannels . 1968 . مساحات تلوينية
Calligraphy . 1968 . كتابة عربية
Calligraphy . NOUN . 1968 . نون
Composition . 1970 . تكوين
Composition . 1971 . تكوين
Calligraphy . TASAM . 1971 . طسم
Calligraphy . La Ghaliba Illa Allah . 1971 . لا غالب الا الله
Calligraphy . TASAM . 1972 . طسم
Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1974 . دمشق
Calligraphy . NOUN , DHAD .1976 . نون , ضاد
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam Wa Ma Yasturun . 1976 . نون والقلم وما يسطرون
Calligraphy . DHAD . 1976 . ضاد
Composition . 1978 . تكوين
Calligraphy. TASAM . 1978 . طسم
Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1979 . الم
Calligraphy . Alrahman Alraheem . 1979 . الرحمن الرحيم
Abstract In Squares . 1980 . تجريد في مربعات
Geometric Design In Squares . 1981 . أشكال هندسية في مربعات
Calligraphy . DHAD . 1981 . ضاد
Calligraphy . SALAM . 1981 .  سلام
Calligraphy . DHAD . 1981 . ضاد
Calligraphy . TASAM . 1981 . طسم
Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 31 - 12 - 1981 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم
Calligraphy . Salamon Kawla Min Rabin Raheem . 1981 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم
Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1982 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Calligraphy . Abjad Hawwaz . 1982 . أبجد هوز
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1982 . نون و القلم
Calligraphy . DHAD . 1982 . ضاد
Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM. 1982 . الم
Calligraphy . Abjad Hawwaz Hetti Kalamon . 1982 . أبجد هوز حطي كلمن
Calligraphy . Alrahman Alraheem . 1982 . الرحمن الرحيم
Calligraphy . Bism Allah . 1983 . بسم الله
Calligraphy . Bism Allah . 1983 . بسم الله
Calligraphy . SALAM, DHAD . 1983 . سلام , ضاض
Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1983 . الم
Calligraphy . Dimashq . 1983 . دمشق
Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1983 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Calligraphy . ALEF, LAM, MEEM . 1983 . الم
Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1983 . أبجد هوز
Calligraphy . Noun Wal Kalam . 1983 . نون و القلم
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 .  نون والقلم
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 . نون والقلم
Calligraphy. Dimashk . 1984 . كتابة عربية  دمشق
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1984 . نون والقلم
Calligraphy . Bism Allah Alrahman Alraheem . 1984 . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1984 . أبجد هوز
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam Wa Ma Yasturun . 1984 . نون والقلم وما يسطرون
Calligraphy . Nour Ala Nour . 1984 . نور على نور
Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1984 . أبجد هوز
Calligraphy . SALAM, DHAD . 1984 . سلام , ضاد
Calligraphy . ALDHAD . 1985 . الضاد
Calligraphy. Abjad Hawaz . 1985 . أبجد هوز
Calligraphy . Abjad Hawaz . 1986 . أبجد هوز
Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1986 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم
Calligraphy . Wa In Shakartum Laazedannakom . 1986 . وان شكرتم لازيدنكم
Calligraphy . Ikal Wa Tawakkal . 1987 . اعقل وتوكل
Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1987 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم
Calligraphy . Ya Haleem . 1987 . يا حليم
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1987 . نون و القلم
Calligraphy . Noun Walkalam . 1987 . نون والقلم
Calligraphy . Dimashk . 1987 . كتابة عربية . دمشق
Calligraphy . Nouron Ala Nour . 1987 . نور على نور
Calligraphy . Salamon Kawlan Min Rabin Raheem . 1987 . سلام قولا من رب رحيم
Calligraphy . DHAD . 1988 . ضاد
Calligraphy . 1988 . كتابة عربية
Calligraphy . Ikal Wa Tawakkal . 1988 . اعقل وتوكل
Calligraphy . Nouron Ala Nour . 1988 . نور على نور
Calligraphy . La Ghaliba Illa Allah . 1988 . لاغالب الا الله
  • Official Website/
  • Introduction/
    • (عن الفنان (العربية
    • About The Artist (English)
  • Paintings/
    • Muslim Scientists - 1988
    • 1963-1988 Calligraphy & Late Work
    • 1957-1963 Horan, Syria
    • 1953-1957 Rome
    • 1939-1953 The Beginnings
  • Other Work/
    • 1953-1988 Graphics
    • Medallions
    • Monuments
  • Testimonials/
    • (تعليقات و نقد (العربية
    • Testimonials (English)
  • Exhibitions/
  • Contact/

Mahmoud Hammad

MAHMOUD HAMMAD A SYRIAN MASTER OF ABSTRACT ART (1923-1988)

Born in Damascus in 1923, the Syrian multi-skilled artist Mahmoud ibn Amin Hammad was a painter, a printmaker, a medal engraver and a sculptor. Hammad attended the Italian School of Damascus and the Jawdat al Hashemi secondary school in Tajheez where his professors, given his remarkable talent, encouraged him from an early age to study art.

At the age of sixteen, Hammad travelled to Italy for the first time where he discovered history of art and paintings by renowned foreign artists and his passion subsequently grew tremendously. But the war forced him to return to his homeland where in 1939, he participated in his first group exhibition in the halls of the Law Institute of Damascus and met fellow artist Nassir Chaura (1920-1992) with whom he maintained a long-lasting friendship. In 1940, both artists partnered to establish the Atelier Veronese in the centre of Damascus and later, initiated the Syrian Art Association in the neighbourhood of Abu Roummaneh, where contemporary artists would gather to learn, discuss ideas, find inspiration and create works of art.

Nassir Chaura and Mahmoud Hammad exhibited together a few times during their lifetime and one of their most impactful shows was at the Club Al Saad in Aleppo in 1951, at a time when Hammad had settled there to teach art in schools. The exhibition caught the attention of many art critics and collectors and soon after, Hammad was selected for the first Autumn exhibition to be held in the National Museum of Damascus where he was granted the first prize for his work entitled Maaloula.

In 1953, following his acclaimed exhibitions, Hammad participated in his first solo show at the Fine Arts Association and a few months later, he was granted a scholarship from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and settled in the Italian capital until 1957. While he studied painting, mural art, printmaking and medal engraving, Hammad also took part in exhibitions, received many prizes and acquainted other Arab artists including Adham Ismail (1922-1963) with whom he travelled to Andalusia.

Upon his return to Rome, Hammad married the Lebanese artist Durriya Fakhoury and in 1957, they returned to Syria and Hammad became an art professor in Daraa where he lived for two years and started a series of painting depicting the social scenes of the Southern area of Horan. In 1960, he moved back to Damascus and helped with the establishment of the first Faculty of Fine Art. In 1967, a UNESCO grant led him again to Europe for a few months, this time again Rome but also Paris where he encountered renowned contemporary European artists and his works were shown to a new foreign audience.

Back in Damascus, Mahmoud Hammad alongside Nassir Chaura and Elias Zayat founded the Damascus Group, an affiliation of Syrian Abstract artists and soon after, Hammad was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Fine Art where he remained until 1980.

Mahmoud Hammad, considered today as a pioneer of Modern Syrian art and Arab Abstraction, depicted abstract compositions that revealed an extraordinary balance between form and colour and evoked both his academic and aesthetic savoir-faire.

His work can be divided into four consecutive phases:

Between 1939 and 1953, Mahmoud Hammad was inspired by Impressionism and as such, his paintings revealed Realism and sometimes even Surrealism like the many drawings he executed for famous magazines of the time.

The second period of his career, from 1953 to 1957, was his Italian period. As the artist stated 'in Rome, all channels of art and culture opened up, to me this period was a period of learning, I was not looking to create a personal style that defined me, but it was rather an experience to develop a deeper knowledge of the discoveries that were taking place in the artistic field'. While in Italy, Hammad painted many landscapes, nudes and faces in a classical and academic style.

From 1958 to 1963, upon his return from Italy and as he settled in the Southern part of Syria in Daraa, Mahmoud Hammad strived for his own artistic identity and focused through his paintings on his impressions of the landscapes surrounding him as well as the archeological and social aspects of the city of Daraa. At the time, Hammad painted February 1958, a politically charged work through which he evoked the union between Egypt and Syria by depicting the metaphorical birth of the two nations' child and at the same time, alluded to the Palestinian cause in many of his works amongst which A Girl from Horan, Wounded and Exile.

The final and most acclaimed period of his career - his Abstract period - was from 1964 to his death in 1988. At the time, Hammad had achieved aesthetic maturity and started his sought-after series of Abstract works in which the Arab script and letters became the main element, derived in a Modernist style. By arranging the letters throughout the surface of the work in a modern style, Hammad added rhythm to his paintings. In the first years, words were decipherable, but with time, they melted into abstraction and became architectural and musical compositions where emotions took over the meaning of words.

As such, Hammad created contemporary paintings in which the Arabic letter played the most important role and through the letter itself, his playful and joyful compositions revealed a new reality.

While his paintings were gaining exposure regionally and internationally, Hammad also focused on printmaking, designing official stamps and engraving medals with social and nationalistic themes and was soon commissioned the medal for the Republican Golden Hero, a unique casted medal that was gifted to the President Hafez Al Asad in 1974. As a sculptor, Hammad was also commissioned to produce a symbolical statue for the Martyr's graveyards in Nejha as well as the Statue of the Unknown Soldier that was erected in the Kassyoun Mountains.

Awarded with the Knight Commander Award from the Republic of Italy in 1975 and with the Syrian Highest Medal of Merit in Arts and Literature in 1977, Mahmoud Hammad was acclaimed internationally during his lifetime. Posthumously, the Syrian government granted him a few other prizes for arts and culture and Mahmoud Hammad undeniably remains today one of the most important and influential artists of Modern Arab art.