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BATROUN PERSONALITIES : Michel Basbous (1921 – 1981)

Michel Basbous was born in Rachana, Batroun in 1921.

He studied sculpture at “L'Academie Libanaise de Beaux-Arts”

He also studied in Paris at “L'Ecole Superieure nationale de Beaux-Arts”

Michel Basbous was a student of Zadkine.

Basbous thought sculpture at the American University of Beirut.

Michel Basbous made Rachana an artistic and cultural center be exhibiting his sculptures in open air.

Michel Basbous passed away on the 19th of July 1981.

Besides Rachana Michle Basbous has had Expositions in:

- Moscow and Leningrad 1957.

- Exposition Internationale de Sculpture de Musée Rodin, 1961, 1966.

- Halles Batard, 1971.

- Oxford, 1971.

- Tokyo, 1973.

- Collections Musée de L'Art Moderne, Paris.

- Oxford Museum.

- Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan.

- Musée Zadkine , Paris.

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