Riad Beyrouti
Riad Beyrouti | |
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ریاض بیروتي | |
 Riad Beyrouti in 2006 | |
| Born | 6 May 1944 |
| Died | 4 November 2019 (aged 75) |
| Education | Damascus National School of Fine Arts École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture |
| Notable work | Platon (1968), Man and Time (1968) |
| Website | http://riad.beyrouti.free.fr |
Riad Beyrouti (Arabic: ریاض بیروتي; 6 May 1944 – 4 November 2019) was a Syrian painter. Born in Damascus, 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 the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, also majoring in sculpture. César Baldaccini was head of the sculpture department at that time.
Beyrouti took part in various exhibitions in Caen[1] and Honfleur.[2]
Works
Sculpture
Monochrome
Oil on canvas
Ink on paper
Sculpture
- Platon, 1968
- Man and Time, 1968
Painting
- Ink painting
- Oil painting
Pricing
An ink painting on paper (54 × 58 cm) was acquired by the Lower Normandy region on 24 February 1984 for the price of 7,200 francs.[3]
References
- ↑ (in French)Salon des artistes bas-normands au Sépulcre, Ouest-France, Nov 1997
- ↑ (in French)Deuxième Exposition Européenne d'Art Vivant, Bulletin d'information municipale №8 de la ville de Honfleur, Jul 2010
- ↑ (in French)Web Site of the "FRAC de Basse-Normandie"
External links
Media related to Riad Beyrouti at Wikimedia Commons- Riad Beyrouti's official website