Ouanes Amor ( ar, وناس عمر; born 1936) is a French

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. He was born in Tunisia and emigrated to France at the age of 17. In 1960, became a student of Roger Chastel, and in 1970, he became an assistant to

Gustave Singier Gustave Singier (11 February 1909, in Warneton – 5 May 1984, in Paris) was a Belgian abstract art, non-figurative painter active in France as part of the new Paris School of Lyrical Abstraction and the Salon de Mai. Early life He spent his c ...

. In 1980, Amor became a professor at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...

in Paris. Amor's work is represented in the collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the

New National Museum of Monaco The New National Museum of Monaco (french: Nouveau Musée National de Monaco) often abbreviated to NMNM, is a museum of contemporary visual art in Monaco. The museum is situated in two locations, the Villa Sauber and the Villa Paloma. The venues di ...

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1936 births Living people French painters Tunisian emigrants to France {{france-bio-stub