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Georgette Zaatar was born and raised in the charming city of Zahlé, Lebanon, known as the city of arts and poetry. She studied art at the Academy of the prominent Lebanese painter, Haydar Hamawi, who saw in her a promising talent that would transcend the boundaries of Lebanon. She participated in major artistic events, and her diverse, variegated works were widely exhibited, admired and received positive critical acclaim in the media. After visiting great international museums and maisons d'art in France and the United States of America, she grew more appreciative of the exquisite beauty of her country and of the line of pioneer Lebanese artists like Daoud Corm, Khalil Al-Saliby, Gibran Khalil Gibran, Cesar Gemayyel, Moustafa Farrouk, Marie Hadad, Omar Onsi and others. She became more convinced of the necessity of preserving even the small bits and pieces of the past in museums to be established in every corner of the country for that purpose. She is drawn to recapturing facets of the Lebanese past that is still present, though unfortunately gradually disappearing, in the traditional Lebanese homes and villages. Her exhibition in the historic Kadry Hotel in Zahlé, on July 7, 2005, was exclusively dedicated to scenes from the traditional Lebanese past that is still living in the present. A country without a memory is a soulless disoriented country that can never assert its distinctive personality among civilized progressing nations.
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