Jamil Molaeb (born 1948; ar, جميل ملاعب, jamīl mulā‘ib) is a Lebanese artist.
Life
Molaeb was born in 1948 in
Baissour
Baissour or Bayssour, ( ar, بيصور) is a village located in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon. It is above sea level and shares a border with Aley, Kaifoun, Kabr Shmoon, Majdlaya, and Ainab.
Baissour River (Naher Baissour, نهر بي ...
in
Aley District, in the
Chouf historic region of Lebanon, where he still lives. He studied in the faculty of fine arts of the
Lebanese University
The Lebanese University (LU) (, ) is the only public university in Beirut, Lebanon. It is ranked #701–750 worldwide in terms of education.
The creation of the Lebanese University was an idea first mentioned in the speech of the former Minist ...
in
Beirut
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, where he worked under
Paul Guiragossian
Paul Guiragossian (; 1926 – November 20, 1993) was an Armenian Lebanese painter.
Biography
Born to Armenian parents, who were survivors of the Armenian genocide, Paul Guiragossian experienced the consequences of exile from a very tender age. ...
and
Chafic Abboud. He spent a year in Algeria in the 1970s.
In 1984 he signed up for an
MFA at the
Pratt Institute
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in
New York City
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, in the United States, after which he completed a
doctorate
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in
art education at
Ohio State University
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. He returned to Lebanon in 1989 and began teaching at the
Lebanese American University and at the national Lebanese University in Beirut. Between 1991 and 1992 he was secretary of the Lebanese Artists Association for Painters & Sculptors.
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.
He received a sculpture award from the
Sursock Museum in the 1960s.
References
Further reading
* Joseph Tarrab (2014). ''Jamil Molaeb''. Beyrouth: Galerie Janine Rubeiz. .
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1948 births
Living people
Lebanese painters
People from Aley District
Lebanese contemporary artists