Wajih Nahle

Place: Beirut

Born: 1932

Death: 2017

Biography:

Wajih Nahlé (February 1, 1932 – February 21, 2017) was a Lebanese postwar and contemporary master painter, calligrapher and sculpture who has created new and original forms of expression, a pioneer in his generation. He studied painting in the workshop of the Lebanese painter Moustafa Farroukh. Nahlé's work shows an interest for the decorative aspect of calligraphy. He showed his work in more than sixty exhibitions, in Europe as in the arab world, and has received an honorary doctorate from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, and is member of the French Association of international artists.