George Aleef (Arabic: جورج أليف) (1887–1970) was a Russian orientalist painter who served in the Tsarist Army.
Aleef was one of the few artists who arrived in Jordan at that time, willing to give private art lessons in his studio.
[5] Local artists including Muhanna Al-Dura, Rafiq Lahham, and Suha Katibah Noursi studied in Aleef's studio.
According to Dura's memoirs, Aleef taught his students the basics of watercolor, drawing and painting, and the European understanding of perspective.
[7] Dura along with the other young artists who studied with Aleef helped to spark a local, Jordanian art movement.