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Saliba Douaihy

Saliba Douaihy (1915 - 1994) was active/lived in New York / Lebanon.  Saliba Douaihy is known for Abstract minimalist painting, decorations, teaching.

Saliba Douaihy was born in 1915 in the picturesque town of Ehden, nestled among Lebanon’s tree covered northern mountains.

The Douaihy family was, and still is, a well-established family in northern Lebanon, playing an important economic and social role. But Saliba Douaihy’s upbringing was modest and he was first exposed to painting and art through the churches in his hometown.

The young Douaihy displayed a talent for drawing, copying illustrations from books and magazines at his school. His teachers often reprimanded him for drawing in class and not reading. But his apparent skills and thirst for art compelled his teachers to urge his father to send him to Beirut to study art.

The elder Douaihy had other hopes for his son, but reluctantly agreed. At 14 years old, Saliba Douaihy went to Beirut where his father had arranged for him to apprentice at the well-established painter Habib Srour.

For two years, Saliba worked under the master’s guidance, learning the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9563 characters.]  Artist bio

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