Jordan Imprints

Christian d’Auchamp was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1942. Ever since childhood, painting ‎and drawing have ‎been important interests for him. During his 35 years of diplomatic career, this ‎passion was exercised often. In ‎Bucharest, he published a book with drawings and water colours ‎of the old parts of the town, and in London he ‎participated in the Diplomatic Art Exhibition. Only ‎after retiring from the Danish Foreign Office and settling in Spain, ‎in 2006 he followed regular ‎painting classes at the Jesuit University of Comillas in Madrid. In 2015 he won the first ‎prize in the ‎university's yearly painting exhibition. The following year he earned an honourable mention as ‎well; this ‎painting is shown at the exhibition.‎

Christian’s wife took up a position at the Spanish Embassy in Amman in 2016, and, since then, ‎Christian has been ‎inspired to depict many impressions from Jordan on canvas. A number of ‎these paintings, as well as some previous ‎ones, are shown at the Instituto Cervantes in the ‎current exhibition.‎

Jordan is host to a fascinating multitude of cultural and historical heritage which can truly ‎influence and inspire a ‎foreign observer. It is Christian’s hope that the paintings exhibited reflect ‎some of this magnitude!‎