Aref Al Rayyes, (Lebanon, 1928-2005)
A New Hope
A New Hope
acrylic on board
signed "A.RAYESS" (lower left), executed between 1997-2000
120 x 112cm (47 1/4 x 44 1/8in).
TWO LARGE AND IMPORTANT WORKS BY AREF EL-RAYYES FROM A DISTIUNISHED LEBANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
Provenance:
Property from a distinguished private collection, Beirut
Exhibited:
UNESCO, Aref El Rayess solo exhibition, Beirut, Lebanon
Born in Aley, Mount Lebanon in 1928, Aref Rayess started his career as a self-taught artist He lived in Africa for many years during which he travelled between Senegal and Paris. In Paris, he joined the studios of Fernand Léger, André Lhote, Marcelle Marso and Ossip Zadkine while studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
In 1957, he returned to Lebanon, but left again for Florence in 1959 with a scholarship from the Italian government. From 1960 to 1963, he lived in Rome where he went on studying and exhibiting.
In 1963, he returned to Lebanon.
Such is the diversity and variation of Rayess output, it is impossible to attach his oeuvre to any given movement or artistic style. A complete and consummate artist, Rayess refused to be bounded by the strictures of artistic classification, instead choosing to experiment, innovate, and pursue his artistic agenda with total freedom.
Deeply devoted to the Druze faith, a syncretic, philosophical religion which emphasizes spiritual knowledge and the oneness of man and the universe above dogma, Rayess work is imbued with a sense of spiritual freedom and mysticism. In abstraction, the artist blurs the boundaries of landscape, shape and geometry, and the present work is a stunning example of the period in which he was manipulating abstract and geometric morphology.
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A New Hope
A New Hope
acrylic on board
signed "A.RAYESS" (lower left), executed between 1997-2000
120 x 112cm (47 1/4 x 44 1/8in).
TWO LARGE AND IMPORTANT WORKS BY AREF EL-RAYYES FROM A DISTIUNISHED LEBANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
Provenance:
Property from a distinguished private collection, Beirut
Exhibited:
UNESCO, Aref El Rayess solo exhibition, Beirut, Lebanon
Born in Aley, Mount Lebanon in 1928, Aref Rayess started his career as a self-taught artist He lived in Africa for many years during which he travelled between Senegal and Paris. In Paris, he joined the studios of Fernand Léger, André Lhote, Marcelle Marso and Ossip Zadkine while studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
In 1957, he returned to Lebanon, but left again for Florence in 1959 with a scholarship from the Italian government. From 1960 to 1963, he lived in Rome where he went on studying and exhibiting.
In 1963, he returned to Lebanon.
Such is the diversity and variation of Rayess output, it is impossible to attach his oeuvre to any given movement or artistic style. A complete and consummate artist, Rayess refused to be bounded by the strictures of artistic classification, instead choosing to experiment, innovate, and pursue his artistic agenda with total freedom.
Deeply devoted to the Druze faith, a syncretic, philosophical religion which emphasizes spiritual knowledge and the oneness of man and the universe above dogma, Rayess work is imbued with a sense of spiritual freedom and mysticism. In abstraction, the artist blurs the boundaries of landscape, shape and geometry, and the present work is a stunning example of the period in which he was manipulating abstract and geometric morphology.
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