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Marwan - Biography
1934
born in Damascus, Syria
1955-57
University of Damascus, study of the Arab Literature
1957
First price for sculpture, Autumn Exhibition, Damascus
1957-63
Studied painitng at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Berlin, Germany, with Hann Trier
Since 1963, lives and works in Berlin
1966
Awarded the Karl-Hofer-Price, Berlin
1973
Cite des Arts Fellowship, Paris
1977-79
Guest Professor for painting at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin
1980-2002
Appointed Professor for painting at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin
since 1994
member of the Academie of Arts Berlin-Brandenburg
1999
Founder of the Summer-Academy of the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Darat al Funun in Amman, Jordan
2002
Awarded the Fred Thieler Price for Painting, Berlin
2005
Price of the Forum Culturel Libanais, Paris
Awarded the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Regular trips to Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Paris
(source: Marwan. Khaddousch oder Das unbekannte Frühwerk, Berlin 2005. Exhibition catalog, Berlinische Galerie)
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