Salwa Fallouh

• Name — Salwa Fallouh • Native Name — سلمى فلوح • Other Names — Salwa Falouh Al-Salem Salma Fallouh Al-Salem • Born — 1920 • Birthplace — Bassir, Hauran, Kingdom of Syria • Died — 26 December 2008 • Place of death — Syria • Occupation — Artist • Years Active — 2000–2008 • Known for — Painting

Salwa Fallouh was born in 1920 in the village of Bassir in Hauran, Kingdom of Syria (now Syria). She married at the age of 20 to Hani Al-Salem, and together they had 9 children. When her children were raised, she began exploring the process of making art. Her work was primarily impressionist landscapes, animals, and still life paintings. Carlos Barona Narbione, of the Cervantes Center in Damascus wrote about her after her first art exhibition: “These are the birds, trees, deer, suns, and flowers that Salwa saw in her childhood,” She died on December 26, 2008, in Syria.