Ibrahim Hussein (artist)

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Ibrahim Hussein
Born
Ibrahim Hussein

(1936-03-13)13 March 1936
Yan, Kedah, Malaysia
Died19 February 2009(2009-02-19) (aged 72)
NationalityMalaysian

Datuk Ibrahim Hussein (13 March 1936 – 19 February 2009)[1] was a Malaysian artist. His main medium was one he devised himself and called "printage"—a combination of printing and collage.[2]

Ibrahim was born in 1936 in the village of

film extra to survive financially, until he was awarded an Award of Merit scholarship which allowed him to travel to France and Italy.[3]

He returned to Malaysia to become a resident artist at the University of Malaya.[4] In 1991, he founded the Ibrahim Hussein Museum and Cultural Foundation in the Langkawi rainforest—a non-profit foundation and museum dedicated to the promotion, development and advancement of art and culture.[5]

Ibrahim suffered a

heart attack on 18 February 2009 and was taken to the Pantai Medical Centre where he died the next morning just before 4.00 am.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Artist Ibrahim Hussein Dies Of Heart Attack, Bernama, 19 February 2009.
  2. ^ Lankester, Alex: Ibrahim Hussein: Up Close and Personal Archived 2009-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Kakiseni, 18 December 2002.
  3. ^ Ibrahim Hussein: Kampung Boy Who Painted To International Fame[permanent dead link], Bernama, 19 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Datuk Ibrahim Hussein". Malaysian Arts. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b Chuen, Ooi Kok. "Famed artist Ibrahim Hussein dies of heart attack". The Star. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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