Aref Rayes
Lebanon, b.1928 - 2005
Painter and sculptor, Aref Rayes started his career as a self-taught artist. He studied at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. He was involved in the founding of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Lebanese University, where he also taught. He was a member of the independent cultural initiative Dar Al-Fan. Rayes organized, attended, and participated in conferences and exhibitions on politics and the arts in the Arab world, and held numerous solo and group art exhibitions.
