Paul Guiragossian

* 1926 (Jerusalem, Israel) - 1993 Beirut, Lebanon

Education

1944-1945 Studio Yarkon, Jaffa, Israel
1956 The Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
1962 Les Atelier des Maîtres de l’Ecole de Paris, France

Career

1950’s Teaching art in several Armenian schools as an illustrator
Started own business with his brother Antoine, painting cinema banners, posters and drawing illustrations for books

Solo Exhibitions

1954 Café La Palette, Beirut, Lebanon
1955 Centre d’Etudes Supérieures, Beirut, Lebanon
1956 Café La Palette, Beirut, Lebanon
1958 Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Florence, Italy
1959 Centre d’Études Supérieures, Beirut, Lebanon
1960 Galerie Alecco Saab, Beirut, Lebanon
1961 Galerie Alecco Saab, Beirut, Lebanon
1962 Galerie Alecco Saab, Beirut, Lebanon
1962-1963 Galerie Mouffe, Paris, France
1963 Galerie Alecco Saab, Beirut, Lebanon
1964 Galleria d’Arte Cairola Milano, Italy
1964 Internationales Kultur- und Austauschzentrun, Frankfurt, Germany
1964 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
1966 L’Orient-Le Jour Hall, Beirut, Lebanon
1967 Galerie l’Amateur, Beirut, Lebanon
1969 Galerie l’Amateur, Beirut, Lebanon
1970 L’Orient-Le Jour Hall, Beirut, Lebanon
Hotel Normandy, L’Atelier d’Art Dramatique de Beyrouth, Beirut, Lebanon
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA
1972 Studio 27, Beirut, Lebanon
Artists Union, Yerevan, Armenia
1973 Studio 27, Beirut, Lebanon
1974 Studio 27, Beirut, Lebanon
1977 St. Elie Church, Antelias, Lebanon
Palais de la Culture au Liban, Rabieh, Lebanon
National Museum of Damascus, Syria
1978 The National Council of Culture Arts and Letters, Kuwait
1980 St. Elie Church, Antelias, Lebanon
1981 Lebanese Ministry of Tourism, Glass Hall, Beirut, Lebanon
Gallery One, Casino du Liban, Jounieh, Lebanon
1982 Jordan National Gallery, Amman, Jordan
1983 Gab Center Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
1984 The Armenian Catholicosate of Antelias, Salle Gulbenkian, Antelias, Lebanon
Carlton Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon
1985 The Cultural Center of Arts and Letters, Kuwait
Gab Center Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
The Belmont Hotel, Faqra, Lebanon
Bank Petra Hall, Amman, Jordan
Cultural Movement of Zgharta Ehden, Ehden, Lebanon
1986 Galerie la Toile, Zouk, Lebanon
Lebanese-Soviet Friendship Days, Minsk, Belarus
Sahagian College, Beirut, Lebanon
1987 Galerie Tabbal, Beirut, Lebanon
Tekeyan Cultural Association, New York, USA
St. John’s Armenian Church, Detroit, USA
Platform International Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
Hovanian Armenian School, New Jersey, USA
1988 Genocide and Renaissance Armenian Students’ Association, Louayze, Lebanon
Galerie Tabbal, Beirut, Lebanon
1989 UNESCO Paris, France
1990 Maarouf Saad Art Center, Sidon, Lebanon
Chahba Chem Palace, Aleppo, Syria
Galerie Pays de Cham, Damascus, Syria
1991 Tekeyan Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA
International Art Center, Zalka, Lebanon
Centre Culturel Français, Beirut, Lebanon
Soviet Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Belmont Hotel, Ehden, Lebanon
1992 Lebanese Ministry of Tourism, Glass Hall, Beirut, Lebanon
Park Hotel, Chtaura, Lebanon
1993 Association for the Promotion of Music of the North Lebanon, Barsbay Tower, Tripoli, Lebanon
Akhnaton Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1994 Masrah el Madeeneh, Beirut, Lebanon
Emmagoss Art Gallery, Zalka, Lebanon
1995 Emmagoss Art Gallery, Zalka, Lebanon
1997 Emmagoss and La Faculté des Beaux-Arts et de Arts appliqués de L’Université (USEK) Kaslik, Lebanon
1999 National Evangalical Church, Beirut, Lebanon
2000 Centre Culturel , Beirut Français, Lebanon
2003 Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2004 Press Headquarters Center, Beirut, Lebanon
NDU University, Zouk, Lebanon
2007 Dar el Funoon, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2008 Emmagoss Art Gallery, Zalka, Lebanon
2011 Emmanuel Paul Guiragossian Museum, Jedediah, Lebanon
2013 Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, Lebanon (Retrospective)
2017 Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon
2018 Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, U.A.E.
Paul Guiragossian Foundation, 25th Anniversary of the artist’s passing (Retrospective), Beirut, Lebanon

Publications

1982 Paul Guiragossian by Emmagoss
1987 Paul Guiragossian by the Guiragossian Foundation
2013 Paul Guiragossian The Human Condition – We Have Always Been Modern by Sam Baradouil
2018 Paul Guiragossian Displacing Modernity

Awards

1956 First Prize, the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA), Beirut, Lebanon
The Florence Prize, the Italian Cultural Institute, Beirut, Lebanon
1957 Gold Medal, the International Exhibitions at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna La Permanente, Florence, Italy
1958 Gold Medal, Painters of Tuscany Exhibition, Italy
1959 First Prize, Paris Biennial, France
1964 Prize Fine Arts, German Association of Arts & Culture, Germany
1966 Second Prize for Painting, VI Spring Salon, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
1968 First Prize, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
1969 First Prize of “Phillips”, Beirut, Lebanon
1970 Said Akl Award
1984 Chevalier de l’Ordre, des Arts et des Lettres, Ministère de la Culture Française, Paris, France
1985 Mardiros Sarian Award of the Plastic Arts, Yerevan, Armenia
1986 Chevalier de l’Ordre of St. Mesrob Mashdots, Antelias, Lebanon
Chevalier de l’Ordre of St. Silvestre, Vatican, Italy, knighted by the Pope Jean Paul II
1993 Medal of the national Order of the Cedar, Lebanon

Works can be found in the National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

L’Adieu painting remains unsigned in the Guiragossian family collection.