Jamil Molaeb (born 1948; Arabic: جميل ملاعب, jamīl mulā‘ib) is a Lebanese artist.
Jamil Molaeb | |
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جميل ملاعب | |
| Born | 1948 Baissour, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Education | |
Life
editMolaeb was born in 1948[1]: 169 in Baissour in Aley District,[2] in the Chouf historic region of Lebanon, where he still lives.[3] He studied in the faculty of fine arts of the Lebanese University in Beirut, where he worked under Paul Guiragossian and Chafic Abboud.[3] He spent a year in Algeria in the 1970s.[3]
In 1984 he signed up for an MFA at the Pratt Institute in New York City, in the United States, after which he completed a doctorate in art education at Ohio State University. He returned to Lebanon in 1989 and began teaching at the Lebanese American University and at the national Lebanese University in Beirut.[3] Between 1991 and 1992 he was secretary of the Lebanese Artists Association for Painters & Sculptors.[2]
Work
editMolaeb has made drawings, mosaics, sculptures and wood-cuts as well as paintings. His style is flexible; some of his work shows the influence of Ancient Egyptian, Babylonian and Sumerian art.[3]
He received a sculpture award from the Sursock Museum in the 1960s.[3]
References
edit- ^ Richard A. Chahine (1982). Cent ans d'art plastique au Liban, 1880–1980 (in French). Beyrouth: Chahine Gallery.
- ^ a b Enchanted by the heritage of Pharaohs and Babylon. Al Arabiya News. Accessed March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Molaeb Jamil Expose à Beyrouth Exhibition Center (in French). Beyrouth Exhibition Center. Accessed March 2016.
Further reading
edit- Joseph Tarrab (2014). Jamil Molaeb. Beyrouth: Galerie Janine Rubeiz. ISBN 9789953029221.