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"The private collection of The Arab
Bank and The Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation"
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Fateh Al Mudarres (1922-1999)
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1922
Born in Syria
1954
Studied Fine Arts at the Accademia de Belle Arts,
Rome , Italy 1969
Resumed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts
, Paris
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Oil on canvas
(72x74)
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Oil
on canvas
(336x228cm)
1995
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(professor
at the Academy of Fine Arts (HDK) of Berlin,
1934
Born in Damascus, Syria
1955- 1957
Studied Arabic literature at Damascus University
1957-1962
Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts,
Berlin, with professor Hanz Trier
lives and works in Berlin, Germany
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Natheer
Nab'aa (1938)
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1938
Born in Damascus, Syria
1959-1964
Studied painting in Cairo
1971-1974
Resumed his studies in Fine Arts in Paris, France
Lives and works in Damascus
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Mixed media on canvas (142x122cm)
1999
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| Ziad
Dalloul (1953) |
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Oil
on canvas
(33x41cm)
1995
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1953
Born in Sweida
Diploma from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus,
Syria Diploma from L'Ecole National Superieure
des Arts Decoratif de Paris, France
D.E.A. in Plastic Arts, University of Paris VII
Lives and works in Paris since 1984
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Additional
artists include:
Yousef Abdelke, Natheer Ismael, Laila Muraywid, Ali Mustafa. |
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Helen Khal (1923)
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1923
Born in Pennsylvania, U.S.A, in 1923
1946
Studied drawing and painting at the Lebanese Academy
of Fine Arts (ALBA)
1949
Studied art at the Art Student's League, New York
Established Gallery One, Lebanon's first permanent
art gallery
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Oil on canvas
(90x75cm)
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| Etel
Adnan (1925) |
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Tapestry
(158x195cm)
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1925
Born in Lebanon, in 1925
A self-taught artist who started to paint at the
age of thirty three
Studied literature at the Sorbonne, then persued
graduate studies at Berkeley and Harvard in the
United States where she graduated with an MA in
Poetry
Lives and works in California, U.S.A.
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Paul
Guiragossian (1926-1993)
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1926
Born in Jerusalem
1956
Studied Fine Arts at the Fine Arts Academy, Florence,
Italy
1961
Resumed his studies in art in Paris, France
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Oil on canvas (120x100cm)
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| Chafic
Abboud
(1926) |
Oil
on canvas (126x110cm)
1967
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1926
Born in Bikfaya, Lebanon, in 1926
Studied drawing at the Lebanese Academy of Fine
Arts (ALBA)
1952
Studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Beaux Arts, Paris. Later he attended famous artists'
studios such as Leger, Friesz, Metzinger, and
Lhote.
Lives and works in Paris since 1960
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1932
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1932
1954-1957
Studied at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA)
He resumed his art studies in Paris, Holland,
Italy and Spain. Lives and works in Lebanon.
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Watercolor on paper (43x30cm)
1995
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| Hussein
Madi
(1938) |
Graphic
(46x69cm)
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1938
Born in Sheb'a, "Mount Hermon", Lebanon in
1938
1963-1970
Studies in Painting, sculpture and engraving,
Accademia di Belle Arts, Rome Italy
Studies in mosaics and Frescoes , Accademia di
San Jacomo, Rome, Italy
Lives and works in Beirut
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1948
Born in Lebanon
1970
B.A., Fine Arts (with distinction), American University
of Beirut, Lebanon
1972
M.A., Fine Arts , Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Lives and works in Washington, DC, The United
States
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Ink
and mixed media on paper,
(19x21cm)
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| Mohammad
Al Rawas
(1951) |
Lithograph
and silkscreen
( 66x46cm)
1999
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1951
Born in Beirut
1971-1975
B.A. Painting, The Lebanese University of Fine
Arts, Beirut, Lebanon
1979-1981
M.A. Printmaking, The Slade School of Fine Arts
, University College, London Lives and works in
Beirut, Lebanon
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1955
Born in Beirut , Lebanon
1984
B.S., Liberal Studies from Beirut University College,
Lebanon
1991
M.A., Drawing and Painting from California State
University, Long Beach
Lives and works in California, The United States
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Oil
on Paper
(29x35cm)
1991
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Additional
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Emanuel Guiragossian |
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