 Ghassan Mahfouz
Biography
Born in
Lebaa, Jezzine, in 1977
- He obtained
a diploma in painting.
- He has more that 90 private and collective exhibitions in Lebanon
and abroad.
- He obtained many diplomas, awards and prizes.
- He participated in many artistic activities and symposiums between
1993 till the present time.
- He has executed the Holy Trinity icon of 36 square meters.
- He executed many huge artistic frescos, some of them reached 125
square meters.
- He executed many artistic studios for television stations.
- He executed many artistic calendars , including "Our Beautiful
Villages", "Our Dear South" which had a tremendous
positive resonance in showing the beautiful sites in Lebanon.
- He taught the painting courses for many beginner artists
- His paintings are spread in many countries abroad , mainly in
France, the USA and Canada
- He established a private exhibition in the ST Laurent Museum in
Montreal , Canada
- He established a private exhibition in the royal center for the
Greek Catholics in Canada
- Ghassan Mahfouz is the first painter in the world who exhibits
his works in the ICAO center in the downtown of Montreal.
- He was known for his beautiful representations on ancient pottery
that could link the past to the present and illustrate the relationship
between men and the soil, to the point that he became specialized
in this field.
- Since he was a child, Mahfouz was known for painting faces / portraits,
so he painted many presidents and eminent famous personalities and
religious chiefs; his love for church related topics made him paint
many other paintings for the churches and convents, and many others.
His latest work was the frescos of the saint Tekla Church in Sid
El Bouchrieh (Lebanon) that captured the admiration of the church
for what it contains as innovated paintings that crystallized a
great liturgical reality.
Arabic
press articles:
أنوثة ملكية وجرة وضيعة وتاريخ
لوحات غسان محفوظ ألوان تعانق الخيال والسماء
انها ألمرأة تلك الجرة الممتلئة حياة في جوفها تعطي ذاتها.
جرة غسان محفوظ الانثوية نبع مقدس لماء مقدس يهب الحياة وملكة ترتدي
الارجواني لتستقر على عرشها فتنبت الاعشاب وتمتد الى ما حولها.
تلتف بألوان زاهية نارية وتتوشح بوشاح يعانق ما في الأرض لتسمو نحو ما
في السماء
من جوف الجرة، ومن مائها المقدس الى شلالات جزين ولوحات الضيعة ينتقل
بك غسان محفوظ في قرى لبنان الجبلية والساحلية حيث يطغى الأزرق الطاهر
الشفاف على سماء صيدا وصور وجبيل فوق البحر الهادىء وألاثار الرومانية
مختزنا في لوحاته انسانا ً مرهفا ً رومانسيا ًخجولا ً.
محفوظ اختصر أنظمة الحياة في لوحاته فهي تاريخ بسيط شفاف بلونه الازرق
وعطاء وتضحية في جبل يغلب عليه اللون الاحمر وجمال انثوي يفرض نفسه
وألوان تتشابك وتنفجر فتكون الحياة.
شباط 2007 "الحدث" كندا - مونتريال
Ghassan
MAHFOUZ, Personalities from Lebanon (Min Loubnan - LBCI):
He was seven
years old when he first sketched on one evening, the face of a guest
on a paper. That was the great surprise and impression that constituted
his first step on the art itinerary that made of him a promising
artist leading his way to leadership, so he captured hearts and
minds with his creativity.
Ghassan MAHFOUZ was born in 1977 in Lebaa, and then his painting
talent has risen with the dream that accompanied him since he was
a child. His dream came true and was crystallized on the canvas
with paintings and colors, he who was dubbed very early “The
Artist”. His teachers advised him to a greater extent to enter
the art domain, and he kept on paying massive efforts to present
what is new and to deal with colors with professionalism.
MAHFOUZ has
created huge frescos and some artistic studios in addition to a
large number of art calendars like: “Our Beautiful Village,
and Our Dear South”, which had a tremendous positive resonance
in showing the beautiful sites in Lebanon and conveying its dazzling
nature on the canvas.
He was known for his beautiful representations on ancient pottery
that could link the past to the present and illustrate the relationship
between men and the soil, to the point that he became specialized
in this field.
Ghassan MAHFOUZ organized more than eighty exhibitions, private
and collective, in Lebanon and abroad, and he obtained several awards
and prizes. He took part in many symposiums and artistic activities.
He taught the art of painting to many new artists and he was famous
for drawing striking portraits, considering them as “auto-
challenging” , who painted many presidents and eminent famous
personalities and religious chiefs. He executed the Trinity icon
and many other paintings for the churches and convents. He is the
painter who truly lives the paintbrush and colors, he who draws
with oil “the wagon” that resembles him as he once explained,
and he adds that he loves the aquarelle for being translucent. Ghassan
MAHFOUZ, a young Lebanese painter is glowing in his works that go
beyond his young age and is proving that age is measured by the
his achievements.
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Some of the artist's artwork
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Contact:
mahfouziat@hotmail.com
Phone:
+961 3 602375
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