Najib Youness was born in Mosul, Iraq, 1930. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1954 with honors. In 1978, he founded and became president of the painting and calligraphy...


NAJIB YOUNESS, Iraq (1930 - 2007)
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Najib Youness was born in Mosul, Iraq, 1930. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1954 with honors. In 1978, he founded and became president of the painting and calligraphy departments at the Fine Arts Institute in Mosul, until he retired in 1983. In 1996 the Ministry of Education awarded him with the Medal of Iraqi Art Pioneers. A pioneer of modern Iraqi art, the artist, painted landscapes and memories from Iraq, in an academic manner and a hint of Impressionism. Youness passed away in 2007.
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دراسة ماجستير بجامعة بابل بعنوان النزعة الشعبية وتمثلاتها في رسوم نجيب يونس
فائق الرماحي
uobabylon.edu.iq, Arabic, 2014
تكريم الفنان التشكيلي الكبير الاستاذ #نجيب يونس
الدكتور إبراهيم خليل العلاف
wwwallafblogspotcom.blogspot.com, Arabic, 2017
الفنان نجيب يونس في ذاكرة طلابه
نايف عبوش
baytalmosul.com, Arabic, 2013
الفنان نجيب يونس.. يرحل نحو رحاب الخالدين
iraqiart.com, Arabic, 2007
أربعينية رحيل الفنان نجيب يونس صاحب الريشة الواقعية بين الرؤية والتعبير
أ.د. سيّار الجَميل
sayyaraljamil.com, Arabic, 2007
ذكريات تشكيلية من تاريخ العراق» في جاليري بندك آرت - صحيفة الرأي
alrai.com, Arabic, 2016
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