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Born 1942. Known for: Sculpture.
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Artist Bushra Fakhoury was born in 1942. Lebanon-born British artist Bushra Fakhoury studied Art at the American University in Beirut, and obtained her PhD in Art Education at the University of... Read full biography
Artist Bushra Fakhoury was born in 1942. Lebanon-born British artist Bushra Fakhoury studied Art at the American University in Beirut, and obtained her PhD in Art Education at the University of London in 1983. She is a Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and the Chelsea Art Club. Her... Read full biography
Artist Bushra Fakhoury was born in 1942. Lebanon-born British artist Bushra Fakhoury studied Art at the American University in Beirut, and obtained her PhD in Art Education at the University of London in 1983. She is a Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and the Chelsea Art Club. Her work is often humorous and surreal, incorporating human and animal figures or hybrids of the two. Heavily steeped in the Hellenistic culture of the Levant and the artist's extensive travels, Fakhoury's... Read full biography
Artist Bushra Fakhoury was born in 1942. Lebanon-born British artist Bushra Fakhoury studied Art at the American University in Beirut, and obtained her PhD in Art Education at the University of London in 1983. She is a Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and the Chelsea Art Club. Her work is often humorous and surreal, incorporating human and animal figures or hybrids of the two. Heavily steeped in the Hellenistic culture of the Levant and the artist's extensive travels, Fakhoury's sculptures engage with folklore and mythological themes. Fakhoury's work appears in private collections across the world, and she has completed several public commissions. Her iconic, gravity-defying sculpture Dunamis for example, representing a... Read full biography
Artist Bushra Fakhoury was born in 1942. Lebanon-born British artist Bushra Fakhoury studied Art at the American University in Beirut, and obtained her PhD in Art Education at the University of London in 1983. She is a Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and the Chelsea Art Club. Her work is often humorous and surreal, incorporating human and animal figures or hybrids of the two. Heavily steeped in the Hellenistic culture of the Levant and the artist's extensive travels, Fakhoury's sculptures engage with folklore and mythological themes. Fakhoury's work appears in private collections across the world, and she has completed several public commissions. Her iconic, gravity-defying sculpture Dunamis for example, representing a male figure holding aloft an elephant with one hand, stands tall on London's Park Lane, while the sculptor's dynamic Danse Gwened... Read full biography
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Artist Bushra Fakhoury was born in 1942. Lebanon-born British artist Bushra Fakhoury studied Art at the American University in Beirut, and obtained her PhD in Art Education at the University of London in 1983. She is a Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and the Chelsea Art Club. Her work is often humorous and surreal, incorporating human and animal figures or hybrids of the two. Heavily steeped in the Hellenistic culture of the Levant and the artist's extensive travels, Fakhoury's sculptures engage with folklore and mythological themes. Fakhoury's work appears in private collections across the world, and she has completed several public commissions. Her iconic, gravity-defying sculpture Dunamis for exa...But wait, there's more...
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