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Saloua Raouda Choucair
1916–2017 · Lebanese · Based in Beirut, Lebanon & Paris, France
- American University of Beirut (1936–1938)
- École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1948–1951; studio of Fernand Léger)
- Sculpture
- Modular Interlocking Forms
- Painting
- Tapestry
Saloua Raouda Choucair was a pioneering Lebanese modernist whose work combined abstraction with Islamic geometry, architecture, modular sculpture and an interest in Sufi poetry. After study in Paris she developed interlocking sculptural forms she called Poems, whose parts stack, repeat and vary.
Sculpture; painting; textile; jewelry
Artist Films
Conserving Saloua Raouda Choucair | TateShots
Major Works
- 1963–65Poem
- 1966–68Poem of Nine Verses
- 1947–51Dual
- 1950sTrajectory of a Line
- 1970sFractional Module
- 1960sInterform
- 1960sInfinite Structure
- 1960sDuo
- 1947–51Composition in Blue Module
- 1960sPoem Wall
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