Louay Kayali
Louay Kayali لؤي كيالي | |
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Born | |
Died | January 26, 1978 | (aged 44)
Nationality | Syrian |
Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma |
Known for | Painting, Drawing |
Movement | Modern |
Louay Kayali (
Biography
Kayali was born in
Return to Syria
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1961 and returned to Syria where he started his career as a fine arts professor at Damascus University where Fateh Moudarres also taught.[6] That same year, the International Modern Art Hall of Damascus hosted his exhibit of 28 oil paintings on canvas and 30 sketches.[3][7]
Posthumous exchanges
In 2009, Bonham's Auction House sold one of Kayali's paintings for $132,000.[8]
In 2008, Christie's auctioned off several of his paintings:[9]
- Portrait of a Lady, $34,600
- Motherhood, $157,000
- The Laundrette, $43,000
On April 16, 2013, Christie's sold two of his paintings as part of the Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I auction (Sale 8061) in Dubai [10]
- Boy Reading, (Lot 7), $135,750
- Big Boy with Watering Can, (Lot 9), $159,750
On October 25, 2011, Christie's Dubai sold his work titled "Fisherman in Arwad" for $194,500 which is the highest auction sale price as of March 16, 2016
Tribute
In 2019, he was featured as a Google Doodle on what would have been his 85th birthday.[11]
See also
References
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- ^ "Louay Kayyali | Artnet". www.artnet.com.
- ^ a b c "International Syrian Plastic Artist Louay Kayali - Personal Life". www.louay-kayali.com.
- ^ "Louay Kayyali". Archived from the original on 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "LOUAY KAYYALI (SYRIAN, 1934-1978)". www.christies.com.
- ^ "ArtSpace Gallery Dubai featuring artist Louay Kayyali". Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "Louai Kayyali - Biography". www.askart.com.
- ^ "Search Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "International Modern and Contemporary Art". www.christies.com.
- ^ "Modern and Contemporary Arab,Iranian and Turkish Art Part I | Fine Art Auction | Search Results | Christie's". www.christies.com.
- ^ "Louay Kayali's 85th Birthday". Doodles Archive, Google. 20 January 2019.