Barbara Kassab-Every was a

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painter born on the Caribbean island of

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who lived in

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Biography

Barbara Kassab was born in 1945 on the island of Saba in the

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. Beginning at a young age, Kassab started painting

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of her home of Saba, including portrayals of the hills and iconic winding roads of the island. One of these pictures depicting an s-shaped road was presented to the

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on one of her visits to the Netherlands Antilles. Kassab had one brother, Floyd Every. After moving to St. Kitts, she married Bichara Kassab and had two children: Brian and Sandra. She had an art studio in her home in the Fortlands.

Works

Barbara Kassab's works have been exhibited in

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, St. Kitts,

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, and other Caribbean islands. Her paintings include: * ''Iveora Flower'' * ''Landing at Fort Bay, Olden Days'' (Saba) * ''Road to Mount Scenery'' (Saba) * ''Golden Profiles'' * ''Local House'' (Saba) In 2009, one of Kassab's acrylic landscape paintings was given as a gift to a member of the United States of America's Federal Reserve Board.

References

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