Jamil Molaeb

Jamil Molaeb
جميل ملاعب
Born1948
Baissour, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
Education

Jamil Molaeb (born 1948; Arabic: جميل ملاعب, jamīl mulā‘ib) is a Lebanese artist.

Life

Molaeb 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 graduated with an MFA from the Pratt Institute, after which he completed a doctorate in art education at Ohio State University.[4]

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]

In 2922, he was part of a retrospective at Martin-Gropius-Bau.[5][6]

Work

Molaeb 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

  1. ^ Richard A. Chahine (1982). Cent ans d'art plastique au Liban, 1880–1980 (in French). Beyrouth: Chahine Gallery.
  2. ^ a b Enchanted by the heritage of Pharaohs and Babylon. Al Arabiya News. Accessed March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Molaeb Jamil Expose à Beyrouth Exhibition Center (in French). Beyrouth Exhibition Center. Accessed March 2016.
  4. ^ "Jamil Molaeb – Biennale de Lyon". Biennale de Lyon. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  5. ^ "The revolutionary art of Beirut's golden 60s – DW – 04/03/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  6. ^ Ghali, Maghie. "Berlin art show probes Beirut's fabled Golden Age". The National. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

Further reading

  • Joseph Tarrab (2014). Jamil Molaeb. Beyrouth: Galerie Janine Rubeiz. ISBN 9789953029221.