Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan born in the Palestinian village of Az-Zakariyya north of Hebron in 1941. He is a television designer/ producer.
He grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein as. Sultan near Jericho where he began painting. He studied fine arts in Rusia, Iraq, Egypt and Great Bretain.
He lives in Jordan where he teaches fine arts at the University of Jordan. Nasr worked as an interior designer for drama production and headed Dubai TV´s design department for at least 20 years. He worked as well in Jordan Television. He produced an in informative television series entitled Costumes Through the Ages. That took a substantial amount of research and a little over than a hundred water color paintings used as illustrations.
In addition to that, Nasr Abel Aziz Eleyan is a figurative painter whose individual style is concerned with cultural traditions. His paintings depict the rural life of the peasant, and the traditional Palestinian way of life. He simplifies his subjects with simple geometrical lines, creating both harmony and balance. He did some water colors especially as supportive illustrations to one of his television productions.
Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan´s Work
Sources:
– http://www.ziggy-graphics.com/clients/nasr/