Omar Onsi was born in Beirut in 1901. Onsi was a pioneer of modern painting in Lebanon, and is considered Lebanon's most renowned landscape painter along with Mustapha Farroukh. After an attempt to... Read full biography
Omar Onsi was born in Beirut in 1901. Onsi was a pioneer of modern painting in Lebanon, and is considered Lebanon's most renowned landscape painter along with Mustapha Farroukh. After an attempt to study medicine, Onsi studied painting in Beirut with Khalil Saleeby. From 1922 to 1927, he traveled... Read full biography
Omar Onsi was born in Beirut in 1901. Onsi was a pioneer of modern painting in Lebanon, and is considered Lebanon's most renowned landscape painter along with Mustapha Farroukh. After an attempt to study medicine, Onsi studied painting in Beirut with Khalil Saleeby. From 1922 to 1927, he traveled to Transjordan, where he taught painting and English to the children of King Abdullah. During this stay, he discovered the desert, and its many colors. It had a major influence on his work. In 1928,... Read full biography