Born In 1929 in Choueifat - Lebanon, Farid Mansour enrolled in the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) in 1946, and was also mentored by the Italian artist Fernando Manetti[2] between 1946 and 1949.

[7] His artworks during and after the Lebanese war were greatly influenced by the tragic events, humanitarian issues and dilemmas resulting from armed conflicts.

He died in Beirut in 2010 at the age of 81, leaving behind an artistic heritage[9] ranging between various painting schools from Classical to Modern to Abstract.

This was mainly due to the fact that oil paintings would take a substantially longer time to finish during a period of instability and continuous move to shelters avoiding heavy shelling.

He was in a state of despair and depression as his utopian vision of a just and equal society after a fierce civil war was shattered into pieces.

Famous for his pastel techniques, more towards Fauvism using ultra bright colors in his paintings in a very homogeneous non repulsive manner seamlessly blending them together, focusing mainly on nature and people working their land.

"Moments before the hanging": One of his most striking sculptures, is an apt description for the aura of terror emanating from the man's face as feelings of dread and fear are combined with the realization of his fate as the noose tightens around his neck .

Samira, Oil on Canvas 50x40 - 1983: An 8-year-old child, forced by her parents to work as a housekeeper in one of the artist's neighbors' house to serve as an additional source of income.

Farid, a highly humanitarian person who is very sympathetic to the issues of the oppressed and vulnerable victims was touched by this incident and decided to pay tribute to Samira (the child's name) with a stunning portrait.