Shafic Abboud
1926 (Liban) / 2004 (Paris)
Artist's gallery
Born in Lebanon in 1926 and deceased in Paris in 2004, Shafic Abboud is without doubt the most important Lebanese and Parisian artist of the second half of the 20th century. Arriving in Paris in 1947, he integrated perfectly into the intense artistic life of the post-war period. In 1959, he was the only artist from the Arab world to participate in the first Paris Biennale and, in the 1960s and 70s, he was one of the major players in the cultural and artistic life of Beirut, the city of light of the entire Arab Near East. His painting evolved from Lebanese Poetic Figuration to Parisian Lyrical Abstraction, and then to a subtle and sublime form of Abbey Transfiguration, which is at once ancient and modern, pagan and sacred. His work is a manifesto for Modernity, freedom, colour and light, a permanent bridge between France, Lebanon and the Arab world.
Artist's gallery
Born in Lebanon in 1926 and deceased in Paris in 2004, Shafic Abboud is without doubt the most important Lebanese and Parisian artist of the second half of the 20th century. Arriving in Paris in 1947, he integrated perfectly into the intense artistic life of the post-war period. In 1959, he was the only artist from the Arab world to participate in the first Paris Biennale and, in the 1960s and 70s, he was one of the major players in the cultural and artistic life of Beirut, the city of light of the entire Arab Near East. His painting evolved from Lebanese Poetic Figuration to Parisian Lyrical Abstraction, and then to a subtle and sublime form of Abbey Transfiguration, which is at once ancient and modern, pagan and sacred. His work is a manifesto for Modernity, freedom, colour and light, a permanent bridge between France, Lebanon and the Arab world.
Artist's exhibitions
16e Biennale de Lyon / manifesto of fragility : Beyrouth et les Golden Sixties
14/09/2022 - 31/12/2022
(Lyon) MACLyon- Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
14/09/2022 - 31/12/2022
(Lyon) MACLyon- Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
Posada, génie de la gravure
05/02/2022 - 18/09/2022
(Epinal) Musée de l'Image
05/02/2022 - 18/09/2022
(Epinal) Musée de l'Image
Lumières du Liban
21/09/2021 - 02/01/2022
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
21/09/2021 - 02/01/2022
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
La Collection Barjeel. 100 chefs d'oeuvre de l'art moderne et contemporain arabe
28/02/2017 - 02/07/2017
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
28/02/2017 - 02/07/2017
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
Tigres de papier – cinq siècles de peinture en Corée
14/10/2015 - 22/02/2016
(Paris) Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet
14/10/2015 - 22/02/2016
(Paris) Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet
Shafic Abboud. Lumière et Couleurs. Peintures 1958-2002
16/10/2014 - 20/12/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
16/10/2014 - 20/12/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
Paysages, entre réel et imaginaire. Peintures de Abboud, Adnan, Azzawi, Benanteur, Guermaz, Saikali
11/06/2014 - 12/07/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
11/06/2014 - 12/07/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
Vincent Van Gogh - Antonin Artaud : Le suicidé de la société
11/03/2014 - 06/07/2014
(Paris) Musée d'Orsay
11/03/2014 - 06/07/2014
(Paris) Musée d'Orsay
Shafic Abboud et la Modernité
16/01/2014 - 22/02/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
16/01/2014 - 22/02/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
Modernités plurielles. 1905-1970 - Nouvel accrochage des collections permanentes
23/10/2013 - 26/01/2015
(Paris) Centre Pompidou
23/10/2013 - 26/01/2015
(Paris) Centre Pompidou
Fatima El-Hajj, Les jardins de l'âme - Hommage à Shafic Abboud.
06/09/2011 - 08/10/2011
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
06/09/2011 - 08/10/2011
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
Shafic Abboud – Rétrospective/ Peintures 1948-2003
22/03/2011 - 19/06/2011
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
22/03/2011 - 19/06/2011
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe