{"product_id":"the-calligraphers-garden-hassan-massoudy-9780863568565","title":"The Calligrapher's Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Hassan Massoudy's calligraphies are arranged to loosely follow the seasons, beginning and ending with autumn: sombre, wintry hues at one end, brilliant tones full of vibrant reds at the other.\"--Venetia Porter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMassoudy draws his seasonal inspirations from writers and artists, including Kahlil Gibran, Henri Matisse, Lao Tzu, William Blake, and Victor Hugo, as well as from Hungarian, Spanish, Turkish, and Japanese proverbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHassan Massoudy\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Najaf, Iraq. He moved to France in 1969, where he studied at L'ﾉcole des Beaux-Arts. His work has been exhibited throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and is in the permanent collections of the British Museum and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, among others. Nineteen books of his calligraphy have been published in France, along with his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eSi loin de l'Euphrate: Une jeunesse d'artiste en Irak\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hassan Massoudy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0863568564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780863568565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saqi Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.60w x 0.40d","brand":"Hassan Massoudy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926674899199,"sku":"9780863568565","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2d71fccb-f9bd-40b3-854d-f8c0ed5bda4d.jpg?v=1681084392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-calligraphers-garden-hassan-massoudy-9780863568565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}