Artists’ masterpieces for Lebanon

Everyone is trying to express his or her feelings of anger or compassion with people of Lebanon, each his own way; whether through screaming, crying, singing, writing, speaking, dancing or painting. Artists know how to express their emotions on the canvas through wonderful masterpieces.

The following artists stood in solidarity with people of Beirut, after the August 4^thblast which left the city and people devastated, through their paintings, each drawing their perspective of this tragic event.

Fatima Dia

The Lebanese artist Fatima Dia drew “Rising Angels” painting as a way to express her feelings after what happened in Beirut last week. However, after going viral on social media, Fatima decided to auction her painting re-creating Beirut explosion on the canvas where white angels are rising from the rubble.

Fatima will donate 100% of the amount to people who lost their homes and were affected by this tragedy. She asked everyone to place their bid directly on https://airauctioneer.com/risingangels and the auction will end on August 30, 2020.

Ahmed Al Mahri

The Emirati graphic designer and street artist Ahmed Al Mahri showed love and solidarity with Lebanon while participating in Canvas Dubai in City Walk through graphic painting. Ahmed painted the Lebanese flag on a large canvas, in graffiti, and he shared a video on Instagram showing how he painted it under the Lebanese song “RajeeYetaamarLebanan”

FatmahLootah

The Emirati artist shared several abstract paintings dedicated to Beirut and showing her solidarity and compassion with people of Lebanon. One of the paintings showed 2 silhouettes holding a baby on a textured canvas reflecting in blood and smoke.

Hilda Hiary

The Jordanian artist Hilda Hiary drew the Lebanese map filled in smoke and showing an innocent sad broken baby face coming out of it. The artist expressed her compassion with Lebanon through this ink painting and a small poem written beside by Abbass Beydoun.