Jamil Molaeb | |
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جميل ملاعب | |
Born | 1948
Baissour, Lebanon |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Education |
Jamil Molaeb (born 1948; Arabic: جميل ملاعب, jamīl mulā‘ib) is a Lebanese artist.
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 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]
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]
Jamil Molaeb | |
---|---|
جميل ملاعب | |
Born | 1948
Baissour, Lebanon |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Education |
Jamil Molaeb (born 1948; Arabic: جميل ملاعب, jamīl mulā‘ib) is a Lebanese artist.
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 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]
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]