Helen Khal (1923 - 2009) - photo 1

Helen Khal

Helen Khal was an American artist and critic of Lebanese descent. She started her painting career at the age of 21. She held her first individual exhibition in 1960 in Galerie Alecco Saab in Beirut. Her other one-woman shows took place at Galerie Trois Feuilles d'Or, Beirut (1965); Galerie Manoug, Beirut (1968); at the First National Bank, Allentown, Pennsylvania (1969); in Kaslik, Lebanon (1970); at the Contact Art Gallery, Beirut (1972, 1974 and 1975) and at the Bolivar Gallery in Kingston, Jamaica in 1975. Her work also appeared in the Biennales of Alexandria and São Paulo. She also taught art at the American University of Beirut from 1967 to 1976 and at the Lebanese American University from 1997 to 1980. She inspired many other artists. Helen Khal was also recognized as an author and critic. "From 1966 to 1974, Helen Khal was Art Critic to two Lebanese periodicals, The Daily Star and Monday Morning.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:1923, Allentown, USA
Date and place of death:20 may 2009, Aajaltoûn, Lebanon
Nationality:Lebanon, USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Animalist, Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Animalistic, Flower still life, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life
Art style:Contemporary art
Technique:Mixed media, Oil, Oil on canvas

Creators Lebanon

Aref El Rayess (1928 - 2005)
Aref El Rayess
1928 - 2005
Nabil Nahas (1949)
Nabil Nahas
1949
Chafic Abboud (1926 - 2004)
Chafic Abboud
1926 - 2004
Etel Adnan (1925 - 2021)
Etel Adnan
1925 - 2021
Huguette Caland (1931 - 2019)
Huguette Caland
1931 - 2019
Assadour Bezdikian (1943)
Assadour Bezdikian
1943
Hussein Madi (1938 - 2024)
Hussein Madi
1938 - 2024
Mona Hatoum (1952)
Mona Hatoum
1952
Paul Guiragossian (1926 - 1993)
Paul Guiragossian
1926 - 1993

Creators Contemporary art

Yang Chihung (1947)
Yang Chihung
1947
Josefina de Vasconcellos (1904 - 2005)
Josefina de Vasconcellos
1904 - 2005
Pierre Soulages (1919 - 2022)
Pierre Soulages
1919 - 2022
Ernest Tino Trova (1927 - 2009)
Ernest Tino Trova
1927 - 2009
Knox Martin (1923 - 2022)
Knox Martin
1923 - 2022
Manfred Welzel (1926 - 2018)
Manfred Welzel
1926 - 2018
Valery Arutyunovich Geghamyan (1925 - 2000)
Valery Arutyunovich Geghamyan
1925 - 2000
Francoise Gilot (1921 - 2023)
Francoise Gilot
1921 - 2023
Aurelio De Felice (1915 - 1996)
Aurelio De Felice
1915 - 1996
Dorr Hodgson Bothwell (1902 - 2000)
Dorr Hodgson Bothwell
1902 - 2000
Dries Verhoeven (1976)
Dries Verhoeven
1976
Stanley Boxer (1926 - 2000)
Stanley Boxer
1926 - 2000
Sandro Chia (1946)
Sandro Chia
1946
Giuseppe Fortunato (1956)
Giuseppe Fortunato
1956
Xu Yang (1996)
Xu Yang
1996
Zvi Goldstein (1947)
Zvi Goldstein
1947
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