Aref el Rayess: An Artist from Lebanon 1928?2005. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Aref el Rayess: An Artist from Lebanon 1928?2005

The Lebanese artist Aref el Rayess (1928-2005) produced an impressive oeuvre of paintings, drawings, collages, and sculptures, that remains largely unstudied. Rayess was an independent thinker, a political man and a free spirit. He lived in many places and his works reflect the spirit of those respective countries, times and art scenes. The subjects of his works range from individuals and society, abstraction and nature.

His style changed constantly, but always remained unmistakable. This first monograph is dedicated to Aref el Rayess's multifaceted artistic practice, focusing specifically on his paintings between 1949 and 2005.

Aref el Rayess, born in Aley (Lebanon) in 1928, studied art in Paris under Fernand Léger, among others, and lived in Lebanon, France and Italy. After the beginning of the civil war in 1975, he moved to Saudi Arabia and was art commissioner for the city of Jedda. His desert paintings were also created during this time. Rayess took part in exhibitions all over the world. He died in Beirut in 2005.