biografía de Elie KANAAN (1926-2009)
Personal data
Birth : 05/15/1926 - Beirut, Lebanon
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Lebanon
Address
Beirut, LebanonEducation
1948 – 1949 : ALBA Académie Libanaise (Painting) – Sin El Fil, Lebanon
1958 : Académie de la Grande Chaumière – Académie de la Grande Chaumière 14 rue de la Grande Chaumière – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
Lives and works in Beyrouth, Lebanon
Lives and works also in Paris, France
Grants
1959
1958-1959 : UNESCO Scholarship , Visual Arts studies in Paris, France – Paris, France
Awarded by : UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – 7 place Fontenoy – Paris, France
Awards
1966
1966 : Grand Prix de Peinture du Salon d’Automne , 1st Prize – Beirut, Lebanon
Context: Salon d’Automne, n° 5 (12/07/1965 – 01/07/1966)
Awarded by : Musée Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock – Beirut, Lebanon
1958
1958 : Prix du Président de la République , 1st Prize – Beirut, Lebanon
Other professions
10/1983 – 06/1987 : Professor – Painting
Ecole des Arts Plastiques – ALBA Académie Libanaise – Sin El Fil, Lebanon
Affiliated to an association
1958 : Association des Peintres et Sculpteurs Libanais – Immeuble Wakf Druze Rue Rachid Karame – Beirut, Lebanon
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil
Subject
compositionlandscape
Movements and styles
AbstractionWorks
Paysage | |
Date of creation : 1965 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 50 x 75 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2001
Chahine Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
10/22/2001 – 11/24/2001
1999
Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste – Beirut, Lebanon
1999
Galerie Claire M. Laurin – Aix-en-Provence, France
06/24/1999 – 07/10/1999
Galerie Etienne de Causans – Paris, France
03/15/1999 – 03/22/1999
1998
Fransabank – Centre Sabbag – Hamra, Lebanon
12/09/1998 – 12/19/1998
Galerie Pierre-Michel D. – Paris, France
03/26/1998 – 04/10/1998
1997
Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste – Beirut, Lebanon
11/04/1997 – 11/30/1997
Anabel’s Gallery – Barbizon, France
03/22/1997 – 04/20/1997
1996
Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste – Beirut, Lebanon
1996
1994
Galerie Pro Arte Kasper – Morges VD, Switzerland
08/27/1994 – 09/24/1994
1993
Galerie Janine Rubeiz – Beirut, Lebanon
1993
Galerie Annie Mouilleron – Strasbourg, France
1993
Galerie l’Orangerie – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
1993
Anabel’s Gallery – Barbizon, France
10/16/1993 – 12/12/1993
Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste – Beirut, Lebanon
03/02/1993 – 03/13/1993
1992
Galerie Motte – Geneva GE, Switzerland
01/07/1992 – 01/26/1992
1991
Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste – Beirut, Lebanon
1991
1990
Galerie Brigitte Schéhadé – Paris, France
10/25/1990 – 11/30/1990
1989
Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste – Beirut, Lebanon
1989
1987
Galerie Gab Center – Beirut, Lebanon
1987
Galerie d’art Bekhazi – Beirut, Lebanon
04/08/1987 – 04/18/1987
1986
Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste – Beirut, Lebanon
1986
1985
Galerie Gab Center – Beirut, Lebanon
1985
1967
L’Entracte, galerie d’art moderne – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
12/09/1967 – 01/11/1968
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
1994
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1994
1993
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1993
1992
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1992
1965
Salon d’Automne, n° 5
Musée Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock – Beirut, Lebanon
12/07/1965 – 01/07/1966
Group exhibitions
1989
Liban – Le Regard des peintres – 200 ans de peinture libanaise
IMA Institut du Monde Arabe – Paris, France
1989
1963
Alexandria Biennial
Alexandria, Egypt
1963
1959
1ère Biennale de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
10/02/1959 – 10/25/1959
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Dictionaries
1999
Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs
Publisher: Editions Gründ – 60, rue Mazarine – Paris, France
Author: Bénézit Emmanuel – Paris, France
Director of publication: Busse Jacques – Paris, France
1999
ISBN : 2700030109