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Blanche
Loheac-Ammoun
Beit Meri
1936, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm. Many of Ammoun’s first
paintings are of the Lebanese landscape, painted from
nature in the post-impressionistic manner followed by
most artists of that period. The forms, simply stated
and vigorously defined, show an interest in flat patterns
reminiscent of early Gauguin.
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Phoenician Treaties
1939, two panels, oil on canvas, 90 x 30 cm, each. Commissioned
to execute a series of murals for exhibition in the Lebanese
Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, Ammoun
produces four canvases of impressive size, each 3 meters
in length by 1 meter in height, which illustrate Phoenicians
concluding treaties with various ancient peoples. These
two smaller panels are among several preparatory studies
for the final work, which hangs today in Ammoun’s Beirut
residence.
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Jewelry
1940-1955. Dissatisfied with a lack of originality in
her painting, Ammoun for a number of years turns her energies
to jewelry-making and writing. These necklaces of semi-precious
stones are from that period. She also explored ceramics
and tapestry design during this period.
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