Representative work by Samir Sayegh
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Samir Sayegh

b. 1945, Beirut, Lebanon · Based in Beirut, Lebanon

  • History of Art, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris (1970–1975)
  • Contemporary Calligraphy
  • Screenprinting
  • Painting
  • Geometric Hurufiyya

Samir Sayegh is a master Lebanese calligrapher, art historian, and poet celebrated for liberating traditional Arabic calligraphy from textual servitude into pure geometric abstraction. Stripping classic Kufic and Thuluth scripts down to their essential architectural lines and rhythmic planar balance, his canvases elevate Arabic lettering to universal visual meditation.

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