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In 2022, the centenary of the birth of the Syrian artist Fateh Moudarres (1922-1999) was celebrated. Upon his death, his wife, Shokran Imam, devoted herself to ensuring the survival of her husband's workshop in Damascus and to keeping his work visible there while also providing a space for Syrian and international artists to exhibit their work, in line with the artist's ideals of transmission. The workshop-museum in Damascus remained open and retained the name "Atelier Fateh Moudarres," thus perpetuating his memory and his work.

After Shokran Imam's passing in 2015, their daughter, Rania, took up the mantle and continued the work initiated by her mother. As the rightful heir to her father's legacy, Rania Moudarres inherited the Estate, despite facing conflicts with her half-brother from her father's previous marriage. While the workshop persisted in Damascus, Rania Moudarres moved numerous works to Portugal, where she resided at the time. In the context of the ongoing and unresolved Syrian war that started in 2011, this transfer of the collection proved to be a saving grace. The first solo exhibition, entirely organized by Rania Moudarres, took place at the Concha de Nazelle gallery in Toulouse in 2018, marking the beginning of the future tributes she would pay to her father. In the same year, Rania Moudarres relocated to France, and her encounter with Maître Gilles Hittinger-Roux, a lawyer at the Court, played a crucial role in strengthening the Estate. Me Hittinger-Roux became the legal representative of the Moudarres Estate.

From 2020 onwards, efforts were made to establish recognition of the Estate in the art world, its market, collectors, and museums. The defense and promotion of the artist's work were carried out through the Roanne de Saint Laurent gallery, based in Paris and directed by Benjamin Hittinger. In 2021, the gallery organized the artist's first solo exhibition in tribute to him, initiated by his daughter. In May 2023, the gallery presented Fateh Moudarres alongside another contemporary artist, the Chinese painter Chu-Teh Chun.

The Estate responded positively to requests for lending artworks to international events, including lending several pieces to the last Lyon Biennale and the "Beirut and the Golden Sixties" exhibition at the Gropius Bau in Berlin, both curated last year by the duo Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath.

Like any significant artist, who bears witness to his time and enjoys international recognition, Fateh Moudarres deserves a comprehensive catalogue raisonné and a reference monograph. This task was entrusted to Clotilde Scordia, an art historian specializing in 20th-century avant-gardes and non-European modernist scenes. The artist's monograph will be rich in reproductions of artworks and iconographic and critical documentation to establish him as one of the greatest modern artists from Syria and the Middle East.

The constituted Moudarres Estate has all the expertise to authenticate and certify the artist's works. Many artworks appearing on the art market, in auctions, or galleries often turn out to be counterfeit, which can be highly detrimental to the artist's legacy. As the sole recognized heir, Rania Moudarres is the only authority to issue certificates of authenticity and authenticate a work.

Collectors, auction houses, and institutions are invited to contact them for any inquiries about authenticity and issuance of a certificate, involving the inclusion of the artwork in the upcoming catalogue raisonné. They request high-resolution photographs of the artwork (minimum 300 dpi, front and back), along with any relevant information (title, date, dimensions, bibliography, known provenance, etc.) that would be useful for the catalogue raisonné and forthcoming monograph. In return, an inclusion number in the catalogue raisonné will be provided.

Contact: estate.fateh.moudarres@gmail.com