Michel Basbous was born in Rachana, Lebanon, in 1921.
Between 1945 and 1949 he studied sculpture a L’Academie Libanaise de Beaux-Arts in Beirut.
Between 1949 and 1951 he went to Paris to study at L’Ecole Superieure nationale de Beaux-Arts on a scholarhip fromt he Lebanese goverment.
He went back to Paris to study under Zadkine between 1954 and 1955.
In 1957 he bcame a Professor of sculpture at the American University of Beirut.
He came back to his native village Rachana in 1958 where he exhibited his sculptures in the open air, and made Rachana into an artistic and cultural center. He married Therese Aouad, a poet and author in 1967. They had their only child Anachar (“Rachana” spelled backwards) in 1969. Michel Basbous died in July 19, of 1981.
Expositions
Moscow and Leningrad 1957.
Expositon Internationale de Sculpture de Musee Rodin, 1961, 1966.
Halles Batard, 1971.
Oxford, 1971.
Tokyo, 1973.
Collections
Musee de L’Art Moderne, Paris.
Oxford Museum.
Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan.
Musee Zadkine, Paris.
Rachana, Lebanon.
Numerous private collections.
Source: http://www.onefineart.com/
