From May 22, 2024 to June 17, 2024
Galerie Tanit, Mar Mikhael, Beirut, Lebanon
Elie Philippe Schehade, Mare Nostrum, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 150 cm x 200 cm
De la Mer est venue l’Ocre
Qui brunit ces Corps
De l’Espace vient le Feu
Qui souffle sur le Vent
Pour mouvoir le bois des mâts
Et le Texte des Voiles
Et les vagues sensuelles
Pour le Plaisir des Nageurs
Noël Fattal
From the Sea comes the Ocre
That tans these Bodies
From Space comes Fire
That blows on the Wind
To move the Wooden Masts
And the Sail Texture
And the sensuous Waves
For the Swimmers Pleasure
Elie-Philippe Schehade a une approche très personnelle de la représentation des formes, paysages et personnages. Il essaye d’oublier, autant que faire se peut, toute forme académique qui lui a été inculquée dans sa jeunesse. “Fort heureusement”, dit-il avec un large sourire, “Il m’a fallu beaucoup de temps pour oublier tout ça et voler de mes propres ailes!” Pour lui, un tableau réussi doit être apprécié “Par quelqu’un d’autre”, par une personne absente, ou alors “invisible”.
Ses tableaux font partie de nombreuses collections en Europe, dans les Amériques ainsi que sur les murs de nombreuses entreprises privées ou officielles, comme par exemple au Palais des Hôtes de l’état du Qatar, à Doha.
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Elie-Philippe Schehade has a very personal approach to representing forms, landscapes, and characters. He tries to forget, as much as possible, any academic form that was instilled in him during his youth. “Fortunately,” he says with a wide smile, “It took me a long time to forget all that and to spread my own wings!” For him, a successful painting must be appreciated “By someone else,” by an absent person, or even an “invisible” one.
His paintings are part of numerous collections in Europe, the Americas, as well as on the walls of many private or official enterprises, such as at the State of Qatar’s Palace of Guests, in Doha.
Biography by Henri-Jean Collerais
Translated to English
Artists
Elie-Philippe Schehade
Image Gallery
Elie-Philippe Schehade
Les Baigneurs
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
100 cm x 150 cm
Mare Nostrum
Exhibition View
Credit Mansour Dib
Elie-Philippe Schehade
La Rencontre
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
100 cm x 150 cm
Mare Nostrum
Exhibition View
Credit Mansour Dib
Elie-Philippe Schehade
Les Nageurs
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
100 cm x 150 cm
Mare Nostrum
Exhibition View
Credit Mansour Dib
Elie-Philippe Schehade
Damas
2023
Aquarelle on Paper, Enhanced with Gouache
50 cm x 65 cm (unframed)/ 69 cm x 83 cm (framed)
Mare Nostrum
Exhibition View
Credit Mansour Dib
Elie-Philippe Schehade
La Promenade
2024
Aquarelle on Paper, Enhanced with Gouache
50 cm x 65 cm (unframed)/ 68 cm x 83 cm (framed)
Mare Nostrum
Exhibition View
Credit Mansour Dib
Elie-Philippe Schehade
Port de Beyrouth
2023
Aquarelle on Paper, Enhanced with Gouache
29 cm x 40 cm (unframed)/ 42 cm x 54 cm (framed)
Mare Nostrum
Exhibition View
Credit Mansour Dib
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