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The furniture, his notebooks, his personal library and
the exhibited objects and paintings
were all in Gibran's apartment in New York. His address
appears on one of his leather briefcases.
All the materpieces
are exhibited in the 16 rooms of the three floors of the
Museum leading in the end to Gibran's tomb.
Rare are the
paintings that Gibran dated, signed or titled.
He used to say: "visions cannot be titled".
And to those who wondered why he didn't sign his
paintings, he replied "wherever they might |
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be
found, my paintings shall be known as mine."
Moreover, we respected the titles Gibran gave to some of
his paintings. |
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We
can divide Gibran's art career into five continuous
stages:
1st stage - His beginnings
in the middle of
1890's until
1908.
2nd stage - From 1908 to
1914 the years |
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preceding his stay in Paris and after his return in
1910 until
his establishment in 1911 in New York. It is his
most
prosperous era. Most of his drawings are oil
paintings.
3rd stage - From 1914 to 1920: a
stage marked with charcoal
drawings and the discovery of paintings in
water-colors,
thus diversifying his techniques and adopting this
style until
his very last days.
4th stage - From 1920 to 1923, and
also during the 5th stage, from
1923 to 1931, he achieved purity in his drawings and
clearness of visions. |
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In
all those stages, Gibran did not use or
abide to a specific school or trend.
He always tried to complement with various trends
and styles in order to create his own world, and
says: "he is the creator of forms."
As
you walk in Gibran's Museum, you are attracted to
his collection of masterpieces, paintings, valuable
photos and unique pieces of furniture. |
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To
visit the Museum choose a Gallery:
Gallery I
- Gallery II -
Gallery
III - Gallery IV |
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Next:
Gallery I |
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