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Saleh Barakat
Saleh Barakat (born in 1969 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese art expert, gallery owner and curator. He studied at the American University of Beirut and was nominated as a Yale World Fellow in 2006. He runs Agial Art Gallery and Saleh Barakat Gallery in the Ras Beirut area. Profile Saleh Barakat inaugurated the Agial Art Gallery in 1991, in the immediate aftermath of the Lebanese Civil War. Since then, he expanded, becoming a leading advocate for Modern Arab painters in the art market, with high expectations to see them enter the museums. Being responsible for building major art collections in the region. Saleh Barakat deals with works from established Modern artists from Lebanon and the Arab World, such as Saloua Raouda Choucair to whom he organized a retrospective exhibition at the Beirut Exhibition Center. He also has a team of younger talents including Oussama Baalbaki, Mohamad Said Baalbaki, the successful Ayman Baalbaki, Abdul Rahman Katanani, Tagreed Darghouth, Tamara Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the List of largest cities in the Arab world, sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Economy of Lebanon, Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important Port of Beirut, seaport for the country and region, and rated a Global City, Beta- World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aref Rayess
Aref El Rayess (or Aref Rayess) (25 October 1928 – 27 January 2005) was a Lebanese painter and sculptor. Life Born in Beirut, Aref Rayess started his career as a self-taught artist exhibiting for the first time in 1948. He lived in Africa for many years during which he traveled between Senegal and Paris. In Paris, he joined the studios of Fernand Léger, André Lhote, Marcel Marceau and Ossip Zadkine while studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1957, he returned to Lebanon, but left again for Florence in 1959 with a scholarship from the Italian government. From 1960 to 1963, he lived in Rome where he went on studying and exhibiting. In 1963, he returned to Lebanon. Rayess participated in many group shows including the biennales of São Paulo (1960) and Bagdad (1974); the Unesco exhibition in Montreal (1978); the Mall Galleries, London (1986) and the Salons of the Sursock Museum, Beirut (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968). He has held more than fifteen solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Basbous
Michel Basbous (1921–1981) was a Lebanese sculptor and painter known for his contributions to modernist sculpture in the Middle East. Born in Rachana, a small village in Lebanon, he integrated traditional influences into his modernist sculptures and played a role in developing Rachana as a cultural center. Basbous's work is characterized by a strong connection to natural forms and the use of various materials such as wood, marble, bronze, and recycled objects. His sculptures often emphasized verticality, a characteristic associated with the themes of spirituality and human aspiration. His approach integrated the natural environment, creating pieces designed to interact with their surroundings. Basbous stated that the natural veins in stone or wood frequently influenced his creative process. Early life and education Michel Basbous's early artistic interests were influenced by his father, a priest who also worked as a painter and calligrapher. During his childhood, Basbous exper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagreed Darghouth
Tagreed Darghouth (born 1979) is a Lebanese artist. She was born in Saida and studied painting and sculpting at the Lebanese Institute of Fine Arts in Beirut. She continued her studies at the Ayloul Summer Academy at Darat Al Funoun in Amman with and at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. In her art, she deals with uncomfortable subjects such as the obsession of Lebanese young people with cosmetic surgery and the changes in Lebanese society brought on by an influx of imported female domestic help. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions in Beirut, Dubai, Qatar, Amman, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, the United States and France. Darghouth was awarded first prize by the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris Cité internationale universitaire de Paris () or the Cité universitaire (CIUP or ''Cité U'') is a university campus, a private park and foundation located in Paris, France. Since 1925, it has provided general and public services, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafic Abboud
Shafic (or Chafic) Abboud (1926 in Mhaidseh, near Bikfaya, Lebanon – 2004 in Paris, France) was a Lebanese painter. He studied at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts ALBA and left to Paris in 1947. Although he spent most of his life in France, he is considered as one of the most influential Lebanese artists of the 20th century. Life and work When Shafic Abboud arrived in Paris, he was immersed in the modernist and abstract tendencies of painting prevailing in the mid 20th century. He worked in the ateliers of Jean Metzinger, Othon Friesz, Fernand Léger and André Lhote before pursuing his studies at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. These encounters, as well as his personal appreciation of Pierre Bonnard, Roger Bissière and Nicolas de Staël led him to move from a Lebanese tradition of figurative and landscape painting to a colorful personal abstraction. Abboud remained attached to his oriental roots, remembering oral storytelling from his grandmother as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabil Nahas
Nabil Nahas (born 18 September 1949) is a Lebanese artist and painter living in New York. Biography Nabil grew up in Cairo and Beirut, before moving to the United States for college to study at Louisiana State University. He is the younger brother of the Lebanese/Brazilian businessman Naji Nahas. He earned a BFA in 1971 and an MFA from Yale University in 1973. Encounters with contemporary painters at Yale influenced Nahas to move to New York after graduation. Painting career He exhibited regularly at important New York galleries and received critical acclaim for his work. Usually working "in" an abstract idiom, Nahas repeatedly reinvented himself. Nahas’ paintings have made use of geometric motifs and decorative patterns inspired Levantine art architecture. Nahas also employs traditional Western abstract painting, pointillistic and impressionistic techniques. Sometimes he combines these traditions in brightly colored paintings, suggestive of the richness of nature and of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Saudi
Mona Saudi () (1 October 1945 – 16 February 2022) was a Jordanian sculptor, publisher, and art activist. Life and career Mona Saudi was born in Amman, Jordan. Her mother was Syrian, while her paternal family had roots in Hejaz. Saudi grew up in a neighbourhood that was metres away from the Nymphaeum (ancient Roman public baths). The proximity to a historic site gave her a profound respect for Jordan's ancient art heritage, as well as providing her with a source of inspiration for her sculptures.Gronlund, M., "The Remarkable Career of Jordanian Artist, Mona Saudi," ''The National,'' 18 May 2018Online:/ref> Saudi attended Zain Al-Ashraf School. As a teenager, growing up in Amman, she knew that she wanted to move to Beirut, the then centre of the Arab arts scene, and become a full time artist. At the age of 17 years, she ran away from home, taking a taxi to Beirut. In an interview with the ''Gulf News,'' she explained that she left home without her father's permission because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese American University
The Lebanese American University (LAU; ) is a secular private American university with campuses in Beirut, Byblos, and New York. It is chartered by the board of regents of the University of the State of New York and is recognized by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).Accreditation LAU website 2019. It offers 34 programs and 26 programs in addition to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Onsi
Omar Onsi (1901–1969) () was a pioneer of modern painting in Lebanon and Lebanon's most renowned impressionist painter. He was born in Tallet Al-Khayat, Beirut in 1901. His father, Dr. Abdul Rahman El Ounsi, was a prominent general practitioner, had been one of the first Beirut Muslims to study modern Western medicine and his mother came from the prominent Sunni Muslim family Salam, who notably dressed in Western attire. He was named after his paternal grandfather, the scholarly poet, Omar, who was well known in Beirut.El Ounsi, M.M. "Omar Onsi" iographical Notes One Fine Art, Online: https://www.onefineart.com/artists/painters/Omar-Abdul-Rahman-Onsi After an attempt to study medicine, Onsi studied painting in Beirut with Khalil Saleeby at his atelier across the street from Beirut University. In around 1922, he travelled to Amman, where he settled for a number of years (1922–1927), and taught painting and English to the children of King Abdullah. His career subsequently bene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Gemayel
César Gemayel (1898 in Ain al Touffaha near Bikfaya, Ottoman Empire – 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...) was a notable Lebanese painter, who helped to lay the foundations of a modern Lebanese art movement. Life and career Gemayel received his early art education from Khalil Saleeby in Beirut. Gemayel was a pre-eminently sensual artist. His themes - the female nude, glowing flowers, landscapes green and red, dances and "dabkés", the occasional epic evocation - are the product of his thirst for living expressed through painting. Along with artists, Mustafa Farrukh (1901-1957), Omar Onsi (1901-1969), Saliba Douaihy (Saliba Duwaihi) (b. 1915), Youssef Howayek, Daoud Corm (1852-1930), and Rachid Wehbi (Rachid Wahbah)(b. 1917), Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Rawas
Mohammad Rawas or Mohammad El Rawas (born 1951 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese painter and printmaker. He studied arts at the Lebanese University, then moved to London and studied Printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art. He currently lives and works in Beirut, where he taught at the Lebanese University and the American University of Beirut. Life and work Rawas began his artistic career with the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. He left the country to Damascus, then to Morocco before returning to Lebanon and leaving again to pursue his studies in London. During the late 1970s and early 1980s he produced a body of prints related to the war and to violence in general. These works were presented at several exhibitions, including “The Road to Peace”, curated by Saleh Barakat at the Beirut Art Center. From the 1980s and 1990s, Rawas developed a painting practice based on constructions with balsa wood, aluminum and string meticulously built up over portions of canvas. His comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seta Manoukian
Seta Manoukian (born 1945) is a Lebanese painter of Armenian descent. Seta Manoukian was born into a family of Armenian origin in Beirut in 1945. Although she is not part of the generation that experienced the genocide, she belongs to the Armenian diaspora. At seventeen, she won first prize in a art show, consisting of a three month scholarship to Perugia courtesy of the Italian Embassy in Beirut. Later on, she graduated from the accademia Di Belle Arti in Rome. Upon her return, she became a rising figure on the burgeoning Beirut scene. For two decades she created some of the most singular and striking paintings ever seen in Lebanon. In 1975, the civil war broke out in Lebanon just as Seta began teaching at the Lebanese University in Beirut. She started to teach painting to children in deprived neighborhoods in Beirut; ''Lebanese Children And The War'' was published by Dar Al Farabi publishers, and ''Tache Rouge et Blue'' by the League for Lebanese Women's Rights. In 1985, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
