Alfred Basbous

Drawing from a diverse range of sources, including works by Henry Moore, Jean Arp, and Constantin Brâncuși,[1] Basbous worked with marble, bronze, and stone to express what he saw as the simple essence of the human form, divesting it any embellishments he considered frivolous or meaningless.

[2] His works also display the influence of Phoenician culture, Lebanese folk art, and Christian Maronite Church iconography.

By 1960, aided by a scholarship from the French government, he was studying under the sculptor René Collmarini at L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Artes de Paris.

[2] Basbous visited Henry Moore’s studio in 1972, a year in which modernist public sculptures were unveiled all over Britain.

From 1994 to 2004 he hosted the International Symposium of Sculpture at Rachana, where sculptors from all over the world were invited to work and exhibit.