Thursday, April 26 at 18:30 the book signing entitled "Ezzat Mezher's Lebanon" will be held at our premises. An exhibition of his works will be presented in parallel at Alba until April 30, 2018 inclusive.

Born in 1947 in Haret An-Nahmeh, Ezzat Mezher obtained his diploma in interior decoration from the International technical school of Beirut in 1969 before joining the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1970. He returned to Lebanon in 1980 to participate in numerous solo and group exhibitions as well as in many local, regional and international cultural activities until his death in 2009. Ezzat’s Association for Arts created by Samar Ataya Mezher, has been dedicated ever since to promoting his works and teaching the arts.

Ezzat Mezher is a Lebanese painter and sculptor who has deeply contributed to his country through his monumental sculptures scattered across Lebanon, his paintings, his passion for rocks and his teaching in the most prestigious Lebanese universities.

Passionately dedicated to his art, Ezzat Mezher’s massive works have been brought to light in a book in memoriam for the pleasure of all.

After graduating from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris he returned to Lebanon where he worked until his last breath. “Le Liban de Ezzat Mezher” paints a sensitive portrait of an artist whose memory is honored by many testimonies. It also delivers an analysis of his works considered in the context of the 1970’s Lebanon to present day and addresses the wider issue of a contemporary Middle East.

In the light of the great European artistic currents that have shaped the twentieth century, Ezzat Mezher’s works became part of a legacy combining art history and the history of the Arab world revealing a man who actively supported Pan-Arabism and remained committed to his formal research.

This book, published by “Ezzat Mezher Association for Arts” in collaboration with the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, is the result of an overview of nearly 40 years of hard work and the testimony of a boundless energy that seeks continuous improvement.

Born in 1947 in Haret An-Nahmeh, Ezzat Mezher obtained his diploma in (interior) decoration from the International technical school of Beirut in 1969 before joining the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1970. He returned to Lebanon in 1980 and participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions as well as in many local, regional and international cultural activities until his death in 2009. Ezzat’s Association for Arts created by Samar Ataya Mezher, has been dedicated ever since to promoting his works and teaching the arts.