Riad Beyrouti ( ar, ریاض بیروتي; born 6 May 1944 in
Damascus
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– died 4 November 2019 in
Honfleur
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Syria
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n painter. He lived in
Lower Normandy from 1969 until his death.
Biography
Riad Beyrouti graduated from the Damascus National School of Fine Arts, where he had majored in
sculpture. He moved to
France in 1969 and attended l'
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in
Paris, majoring in sculpture.
César Baldaccini was in charge of the sculpture department at that time.
Beyrouti took part in various exhibitions in
Caen
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Works
File:Beyrouti_Sculpture2.jpg, Sculpture
File:Beyrouti_Monochrome4.jpg, Monochrome
File:Beyrouti_Orient1.jpg, Oil on canvas
File:Beyrouti_Femme1.jpg, Ink on paper
Sculpture
* ''Platon'', 1968
* ''Man And Time'', 1968
Painting
* Ink painting
* Oil painting
Pricing
An ink painting on paper (54x58 cm) was acquired by the Lower Normandy region on 24 February 1984 at the price of 7200 Frs.
Web Site of the "FRAC de Basse-Normandie"
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References
External links
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Riad Beyrouti's official web site
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1944 births
2019 deaths
Contemporary painters
Syrian painters
People from Damascus
Syrian male artists
Syrian contemporary artists