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Rafic Charaf (1932-2003) was a Lebanese painter. Born in Baalbek, in the Bekaa valley, he enrolled at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (Alba) and then obtained a grant from the Spanish government to pursue his studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. During his stay in Spain, he was impregnated by the works of Goya and Picasso, whose influence would be considerable in his work. Upon his return to Lebanon, he developed a painting practice that the critics hailed as very personal, dark and melancholic.
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Ion Nicodim
1932 - 2007 -
Sabin Bălașa
Iancu Jianu, Romania, 1932 - Bucharest, Romania, 2008