07/05/2026
"Khalil Zgheib was a seminal Lebanese naive painter. Born in Dbayeh in 1911, he began painting in his forties for reasons yet unknown. [...] He also participated in the Salons organized at the Sursock Museum in Beirut during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he won the Sursock Museum’s First Prize for Painting. Furthermore, he was part of a group exhibition in Rome at the Galleria La Braccia in 1962. His paintings explore themes related to Lebanese tradition and everyday life; his work is definitely nostalgic, but also joyous and magical. The most common motifs in his work are weddings, everyday mountain life, village festivals (both day and night), agricultural practices, landscapes, and flowers." excerpt from The Naïve Arab Artist: Naïfs, Outsiders, L’art Autre, and L’art Brut in the Middle East, from the AUB Art Gallery exhibition.
KHALIL ZGHEIB (1912-1975)
Untitled
Oil on board. Signed lower left
H: 50cm, W: 75cm
Modern and Contemporary Art from Lebanon and the Middle East
Online Auction | 8 to 10 May 2026
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