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This is an invitation to join us in a tour with Joseph Matar. Here, through the guidance of the artist, is a poetic picture of Lebanon, the land mentioned in the Bible, oft in terms of unparalleled "excellence" and "glory". The unique charm of this tiny country is glowingly reflected in the fascinating paintings of Joseph Matar . These paintings will appeal to most on-lookers as true representations of Lebanon's rural environment and enchantment. As the landscape and the values of Rural Lebanon have become so threatened by the assaults of urbanization and globalization, and as the prospects of oppression and violence boom over the horizon of the third millennium, the need to look afresh at Lebanon through the paintings of Joseph Matar transcends nostalgic curiosity. This artist has recorded more than physical features and actual scenes. His paintings have captured the beauty and the splendor of the land, along with the hopes and worries of its inhabitants. Therefore, these images convey the perennial heritage and the noble values of Lebanese people and advocate for them to be recognized, appraised and reasserted, within the country and abroad. Hence, the present selection of Matar's paintings is a small memento of Lebanon that reveals how culture and art embody forever man's relationship with environment, with his fellow men and with himself. The quality of art is either an accident or the expression of an inner strength. The authentic expression of the inner, that is the art of Joseph Matar. To succeed as a figurative artist in Lebanon nowadays, is either a struggle or a glory. Thus, Joseph Matar has succeeded in a fundamental design, the design of converting struggle into glory, the "glory of Lebanon". Boutros Germani >> Second page << >> Third page << Navigate Oil Gallery: Palettes ~ Sacred Art ~ Nude ~ Flowers ~ Still Life ~ Human Group ~ Landscape ~ Boats ~ Portrait ~ History of a nation ~ Available |
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