Hassan Massoudy

Hassan Massoudy (حسن المسعود الخطاط), born in 1944, considered by the French writer Michel Tournier as the "greatest living calligrapher",[1] currently lives in Paris.

Early life

Hassan Massoudy was born in 1944[2] in Najaf.[3] He grew up in a traditional society.[3] He moved to Baghdad in 1961, where he learned classic Arabic calligraphy.[3]

Career

After arriving in Paris in 1969, he entered the “Ecole des Beaux-Arts”[2] where he studied figurative painting.[4] But he did not stop calligraphy altogether; to pay for his studies, he was doing headlines in calligraphy for Arabic magazines.[4]

In 1972,[3] he created, with the actor Guy Jacquet and later the musician Fawzi Al Aiedy, Arabesque, a public performance combining music, poetry and live calligraphies projected on a screen .[4]

In 1995, he was involved in the design of the stage set for the ballet “Selim” with the dancer Kader Belarbi from the Opera de Paris and the singer Houria Aichi on a choreography from Kalemenis.[5]

In 2005 he met the dancer and choreographer Carolyn Carlson, and the musician Kudsi Erguner. Together with three other dancers and three other musicians, they created the show “Metaphore”, a harmony of music, dance and calligraphy.[5]

Bibliography

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Illustrator:

Translation:

References

  1. cited in Caravanes, Vol. 1, Phébus, 1989
  2. 1 2 "Hassan Massoudy, quand l'écriture devient un art". L'internaute (in French). Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Hassan Massoudy". October Gallery. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hassan Massoudy, Calligraphe irakien". Europe Turkmen Friendships (in French). Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "http://www.musiquesdumonde.fr/HASSAN-MASSOUDY,200". Musiques du Monde (in French). Retrieved http://www.musiquesdumonde.fr/HASSAN-MASSOUDY,200. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); External link in |title= (help)

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