Artist · Syria
“ممتاز البحرة”
Mumtaz al-Bahra.
Syria, 1938 to 2017
Damascus artist who began press cartooning in 1955 and was the first Syrian cartoonist jailed for his drawings. He co-founded Usama in 1969 and drew its picture serials, as well as the school textbook characters Basim and Rabab..
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- Born
- 1938
- Died
- 2017
- Citizenship
- Syria
- Work
- cartoonist, illustrator, painter
Mumtaz al-Bahra, in numbers
Sketchbook