She was also keen on piano playing, photography, and art, learning to paint under César Gemayel, a leading Lebanese painter.
She became a talented painter, exhibiting her work in Egyptian shows and receiving an award from King Fuad.
Two years later her husband founded the Kataeb Party, after which the family became deeply involved in Lebanese politics for the rest of their lives.
While always behaving discreetly, Geneviève Gemayel remained a member of the party, always ready to assist by receiving and entertaining the many visitors who came to see her husband and later her sons.
After a funeral service in Beirut's St George's Cathedral attended by dignitaries from home and abroad, she was buried in the family tomb in Bikfaya on 19 March.