Artist: Helen Khal
Title: Flowers
Year: undated
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 72 × 52 cm

Flowers

Courtesy Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Lebanon - Helen Khal in Her 60s

Helen Khal

Lebanese artist Helen Khal is well-known as an artist, critic, author and educator. Khal was one of the country’s leading artists during its golden age. She furthered her studies at the Académie libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA), and moved to New York, and Libya throughout her lifetime. Upon her return to Beirut, she taught painting at the American University of Beirut, and began publishing her writings including art reviews in magazines. During this time, she also established Beirut’s first art gallery ‘Gallery One’ with her husband Yusuf Al Khal in 1963 in which she exhibited the works of then rising artists Alfred Basous, Yvette Achkar and Assadour among others. She exhibited her work extensively in Lebanon and abroad.

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Maroun & Ghada Merhi Collection

Maroun & Ghada began their collection more than 20 years ago in Dubai. The collection initially focused mainly around Lebanese and Arab artists, and has grown to include African and international works, encompassing a cross-cultural identity.