Overview
- Mansour’s family announced his death on Monday, August 24, after an earlier family post that said he was in critical condition.
- The family made the announcement on the artist’s verified Instagram account and did not disclose a cause of death.
- Mansour’s best-known work, Jamal Al Mahamel or “Camel of Hardship,” became a pervasive symbol of Palestinian sumud, or steadfastness.
- During the First Intifada he co-founded the New Visions collective that rejected Israeli art supplies and used local materials such as mud and henna to tie technique to place.
- Beyond his paintings, Mansour co-founded Al‑Wasiti Art Centre, helped found the International Academy of Art Palestine, taught at Al Quds University, continued to work after a 2021 stroke, and has drawn wide tributes across the region.