Mohammad Kaddoura, the eternal friend, lover and poet of Aïn el-Mreissé Homage to the master of the brush who disappeared into silence, like the one who inhabited the images of his gouaches, his washes and his water drawings... From Italy (Rome, Milan) to Arab countries (Kuwait, Rabat, Riyadh) via Paris and Washington, his exhibitions (solo and collective) have all been acclaimed and acclaimed by the public, while the press has praised him for unanimously “painter of light”. His activities spanned more than two decades and his triumph was his first public tribute to this region of Ras Beirut which took place at the “Centre d’art” of Brigitte Schéhadé. A gallery located in Aïn el-Mreissé and which had become at the end of the 70s the meeting and rallying point for eminent artists. It welcomed the elite of painting of that era, namely Max Ernst, Miró, André Masson, Mathieu, Chafic Abboud, Juliana Séraphim… OLJ / Edgar DAVIDIAN, le 10 décembre 2021