Suad Al-Attar (Bagdad 1940) - Sell & Buy

Iraqi painter. A. studied in Baghdad and California and was the first artist to show her work in a solo exhibition in Baghdad in 1965. She moved to London in 1976 and has since participated in many European and American exhibitions. Her paintings repeatedly draw on Mesopotamian and Sumerian motifs from her homeland, but also on medieval Islamic culture. Mus.: London (British Museum), Bagdad, Washington, Kuwait, Doha a. others. Lit.: AKL.