1. Nabil Kanso's works dealt with contemporary, historical and literary themes, and were marked by figurative imagery executed with spontaneous and vigorous handling of the paint and often done on large-scale formats.
14 Facts About Nabil Kanso
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Nabil Kanso was born in Beirut, Lebanon on September 26,1940, the sixth of eight children to parents Melhem Kanso and Munira Saab.
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Nabil Kanso's father was a successful linen merchant from Mukhtara.
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In 1958, a political crisis in Lebanon forced his school to close, and Nabil Kanso left the country.
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Nabil Kanso attended Regent Street Polytechnic, and after graduation, moved to New York City.
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In 1971, Nabil Kanso held his first one-man show at the 76th Street Gallery exhibiting 80 paintings and drawings in pastel, oil, and watercolor, with subjects including tropical landscapes, figures, and nude fantasies.
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Between 1974 and 1979, Nabil Kanso took studios in different locations in the Carolinas, Atlanta, and New Orleans producing a large number of paintings.
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In 1980, Nabil Kanso established a studio in Atlanta and held several exhibitions.
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Nabil Kanso's paintings transmit images of the palpable reality of a world where pain, suffering, brutality, and destruction are everywhere.
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Nabil Kanso expresses a juncture between his supercharged psyche and our anxiety and fear, provoking the explosion we see and feel in his paintings.
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In carrying out his work Nabil Kanso appears calm and quiet.
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In emphasizing the issues and bringing attention to the destruction, devastation, and suffering resulting from perpetual wars, Nabil Kanso took his paintings to various places in extensive exhibitions that traveled widely, particularly in Venezuela and Latin America.
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An art critic visiting Nabil Kanso's studio observed "canvasses rolled up in great numbers like mummies," and noted the connection between the linen cloth in Egyptian wraps and Nabil Kanso's own life.
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Nabil Kanso's father founded a linen cloth business in Mexico.