Riad Beyrouti
{{Short description|Syrian painter (1944–2019)}}
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Riad Beyrouti ({{langx|ar|ریاض بیروتي}}; born 6 May 1944 in Damascus – died 4 November 2019 in Honfleur, France) was a Syrian painter. He lived in Lower Normandy from 1969 until his death.
Biography
Riad Beyrouti graduated from the Damascus National School of Fine Arts, where he had majored in sculpture. He moved to France in 1969 and attended l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, majoring in sculpture. César Baldaccini was in charge of the sculpture department at that time.
Beyrouti took part in various exhibitions in Caen{{in lang|fr}}Salon des artistes bas-normands au Sépulcre, Ouest-France, Nov 1997 and Honfleur.{{in lang|fr}}Deuxième Exposition Européenne d'Art Vivant, Bulletin d'information municipale №8 de la ville de Honfleur, Jul 2010
Works
File:Beyrouti_Sculpture2.jpg|Sculpture
File:Beyrouti_Monochrome4.jpg|Monochrome
File:Beyrouti_Orient1.jpg|Oil on canvas
File:Beyrouti_Femme1.jpg|Ink on paper
=Sculpture=
- Platon, 1968
- Man And Time, 1968
= Painting=
- Ink painting
- Oil painting
=Pricing=
An ink painting on paper (54x58 cm) was acquired by the Lower Normandy region on 24 February 1984 at the price of 7200 Frs.{{in lang|fr}}[http://frac-bn.videomuseum.fr Web Site of the "FRAC de Basse-Normandie"]
References
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External links
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- [http://riad.beyrouti.free.fr Riad Beyrouti's official web site]
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Category:Contemporary painters