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Saliba douaihy biography of alberta

          ” Working in the s, the Lebanese artist Saliba Douaihy painted with bright colors and sharp lines....

          Saliba Douaihy.

        1. The Beirut art world is abuzz with anticipation this week ahead of the opening, on Sunday, of a rare show of works by early 20th century Lebanese artists.
        2. ” Working in the s, the Lebanese artist Saliba Douaihy painted with bright colors and sharp lines.
        3. A makeshift gallery opens in Montmartre run by Berthe Weill, a Jewish woman with a spectacular eye, abundant courage, and little by way of formal education.
        4. They live in the Rhone-Alpes region in France.

          5. Biography

          Saliba Douaihy was born in in the picturesque town of Ehden, nestled among Lebanon’s tree covered northern mountains.

          The Douaihy family was, and still is, a well-established family in northern Lebanon, playing an important economic and social role.

          But Saliba Douaihy’s upbringing was modest and he was first exposed to painting and art through the churches in his hometown.

          The young Douaihy displayed a talent for drawing, copying illustrations from books and magazines at his school.

          His teachers often reprimanded him for drawing in class and not reading. But his apparent skills and thirst for art compelled his teachers to urge his father to send him to Beirut to study art.

          The elder Douaihy had other hopes for his son, but reluctantly agreed.

          At 14 years old, Saliba Douaihy went to Beirut where his father had arranged for him to apprentice at the well-established painter Habib Srour.

          For two years, Saliba worked under the master’s guidance, learning the ba