24 - MOUSTAFA FARROUKH (LEBANESE 1901-1957)

MOUSTAFA FARROUKH (LEBANESE 1901-1957) Untitled Signed and dated in English 'Farrouk, 1933', signed in Arabic 'Farroukh' in lower right Oil on canvas 41cm x 33cm Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1901, Moustafa Farroukh was mentored by Habib Srour until 1924, when he went on to pursue his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, then continuing his studies in Paris under the guidance of painter Paul Émile Chabas, president of the Society of French Artists. Farroukh gained significant acclaim as a Lebanese national painter during a period when Lebanon was asserting its political independence from Ottoman rule to the French mandate, and when public patronage replaced private commission. Farroukh’s work focuses on Lebanese landscapes, rural scenes as well as portraits. Provenance: From the property of a private collector.