Moustafa Farroukh
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Moustafa Farroukh (born 1901 - died 1957) was one of Lebanon
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's most prominent painters of the 20th century. During his famed career, Farroukh produced over 2000 paintings most of which were acquired by collectors both in Lebanon and abroad. He also wrote five books including a biography.

Career

He was formally trained in Rome
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 and graduated in 1927 from Rome's Royal College of Fine Arts. He proceeded to Paris
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 and continued further studies under the guidance of Paul Émile Chabas
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, the president of the Society of French Artists and many other French artists.

Over his prosperous career, he exhibited in venues from Paris
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, Venice
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, New York
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 and Beirut
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. In his Studio in Beirut, he established a permanent exhibition of his artwork in 1932.

His work was applauded for its representation of real life in Lebanon in pictures of the country, its people and its customs. He travelled through Spain
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 in the early 1930s where his appreciation of Arabic art and architecture had a long lasting effect on his artistic touch. He produced several paintings representing the Arab legacy in Spain.

Farroukh became highly regarded as a Lebanese national painter at a time when Lebanon was asserting its political independence. His art captured the spirit and character of the Lebanese people and he became recognized as the outstanding Lebanese painter of his generation. Most of his paintings were portraits, landmarks, or scenery from his homeland Lebanon. In 1950, as a tribute to his work, Farroukh's name was chosen for listing in Benezit, the world's renowned collection for bibliographical art reference.

Farroukh also wrote five books and taught art at the American University of Beirut
American University of Beirut
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and lectured in various academies. He joined the group of philosophers, thinkers, and men and women of literature who lectured in the renowned "Al Nadwa" gatherings or "Le Cénacle Libanais".

In 1954, he was awarded the "Order of Merit", and the "Order of the Cedar" by the Lebanese government.

In 1974, he was portrayed on a Lebanese airmail postage stamp in recognition of his work.

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