
Edward
Hydo
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Edward Hydo, an Assyrian Australian
artist, was born in the village of Sikreen, Sarsink, city of Duhok in Iraq, 1957.
Edward Hydo has
received many awards including 4 major art awards in the Middle East along with
first place honors in an international competition for the finest painting of an Arabian
horse.
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Edward was personally invited by King Hussein of Jordan to the
Palace of His Royal Highness after seeing his completed works.
He
was commissioned by Saddam Hussein to paint not only himself, but
every minister of the Iraqi government. |
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Edward
has been the subject of documentaries and interviews on television and
radio broadcasts in the United States of America, France, Japan,
China, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal and throughout the
Middle East. |
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Edward
and his family are now pleased to be living in Australia after
fleeing the tyranny of the Saddam Hussein regime.
Upon his arrival, he painted a large oil painting of the former
Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, and presented it to him as
a gift. |
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In Australia, he has painted
personalities as diverse as:
- Mal Meninga,
Australian Rugby League Captain
- Ricky Stuart,
Australian and Raiders Half-Back
- The Stallions,
Greenline Express and Agincourt
- His Holiness, Pope John Paul II
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The
Gallery of Edward Hydo |
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