Marwan Kassab Bachi

Place: Damascus

Born: 1934

Death: 2016

Biography:

Marwan Kassab-Bachi, commonly known as Marwan, was a Syrian painter. He was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1934. He first studied at Damascus University before moving to Berlin, Germany, where he enrolled in the Hochschule der Bildende Künste. He stayed there for most of his life, and was appointed full professor in 1980. Marwan’s work can be found in public collections worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Tate Modern and British Museum in London, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, among others.