الفن
ART
 Jibran Khalil JibranUntitled (Rose Sleeves), 1911, oil on canvas. Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia. |  Emma MaloofHostess gown design, featured in a General Electric radio phonograph advertisement. Better Homes and Gardens, Vol. 26 Iss. 1, September 1947. ProQuest. |  Marie Azeez El-KhouryMary Nash Wearing Marie Azeez El-Khoury Jewelry, 1923. Vogue, photographed by Edward Steichen. |  Assad T. Ghosn“Untitled Portrait of Three Women.” c. 1940. Courtesy private collection. |
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In the process of development, however, it (art) must necessarily undergo certain changes in form and technique, even in spirit...The change must, therefore, be in the native expression, as well as in the material for assimilation.
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– Ameen Rihani, “The Syrian in American Art,” The Syrian World, November 1930. Khayrallah Center Archive.
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Assad Ghosn, Portrait of Naoum Mokarzel, c. 1904-1941.
Courtesy private collection.
Introduction
Amid the flourishing Arab American cultural life in the early twentieth century, amateur and professional artists, art dealers, critics, and businesses-turned-galleries formed an innovative creative hub that spanned the country.
At the core of this vibrant network was Arab American visual and material culture. Both within and outside the United States, artists’ works were an amalgamation of diasporic experience; a reflection of the many traditions, locations, and styles they engaged with at home (including Arab art) and throughout their journeys.
Jibran: The Artist
Jibran Khalil Jibran
"I am painting, or I am learning to paint. It will take me a long time to paint as
I want to, but it is beautiful to feel the growth of one’s own vision of things.”
– Jibran Khalil Jibran writing to Mary Haskell, Oct. 2, 1908
As the pioneer of Arab American art, Jibran Khalil Jibran’s artistic genius was first realized at the early age of twelve by educators and prominent local artists. By 1904, he had his first major exhibit in Boston, displaying his realism-infused sketches and drawings. On July 1, 1908, under the sponsorship of Mary Haskell, Jibran travelled to Paris to study oil painting at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he exhibited his famed painting, The Autumn (1910), at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1910. He exhibited multiple paintings at the Union Internationale des Beaux-Arts later that same year.
Jibran Khalil Jibran, Self-Portrait, oil on Masonite, c. 1911. Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.
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Selections of Jibran's Artworks
Jibran's Artistic Legacy
Marie Azeez El-Khoury
Marie Azeez El-Khoury, also known as “The Mother of Emeralds,” was an internationally renowned jewelry designer, art collector, member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Board, and freelance writer living and working in Manhattan. Her unique and eye-catching gem designs were widely sought after and were featured in Vogue, The New Yorker, The Christian Science Monitor, Harper’s Bazaar, and other notable magazines. Her pieces were worn by high profile women, including ballet dancer Désirée Lubovska, Portia Grafton, and actresses Alice Brady and Mary Nash.
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Marie Azeez El-Khoury, Daily News, New York, August 21, 1938.
Selections of El-Khoury's Work
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