Muhanna Al-Dura

Jordanian painter

Muhanna Durra (Arabic: مهنا دره), OSJ, (1938 – 24 January 2021) was a Jordanian painter. He was well known in the Jordanian Arts Movement. He was the first to add Cubism and abstract art into the Jordanian visual arts community.

He was a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art and Design at University of Jordan. He was the President of the Jordan Association of Fine Arts. Al-Dura was born in Amman, Jordan.

Al-Dura died on 24 January 2021, aged 82.[1]

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  1. "Muhanna Durra, pioneer of Jordanian artistic movement, dies at 83". Ahram Online. 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.