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Statments
Uncontaminated by the shortsightedness of the politics and commerce of modern age rises, Wajih Nahlé, a magician of the Orient , a communicator of truth, one who brilliantly portrays the graphical beauty of the Arabic calligraphy and with wit moves the concept into the realm of visualization.
ANDRE PARINAUD
President of "Academie des Arts de la Rue" Paris
Really he is the Master of Islamic Art
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Awards
1965 MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND FINE ARTS, PRIZE - LEBANON
1966 SURSOK MUSEUM, PRIZE - LEBANON
1970 BIENNAL OF ALEXANDRIA, FIRST PRIZE EGYPT
1973 BIENNAL OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES, FIRST PRIZE - KUWAIT
1977 GRAND PALAIS, ACQUISITION - FRANCE
1978 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ACQUISITION - USA
1980 ORDER OF ARTS AND LITERATURE, OFFICER - LEBANON
1984 ARAB WORLD INSTITUTE, ACQUISITION FRANCE
1984 "GRANDE MEDAILLE D'OR, ACADEMIEMONDIALE D'ART PLASTIQUE – FRANCE
1993 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ACQUISITION - TUNISIA
1994 ORDER OF ARTS AND LITERATURE, OFFICER - FRANCE
1994 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, PALME D'OR BELGIUM
1994 ORDER OF ARTS AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, OFFICER - BELGIUM
1998 "SOCIETE ARTISTIQUE D'ETAMPES", 66EME SALON, PUBLIC GRAND PRIZE FRANCE
2003 "MEDAILLE DE L'ORDRE DU MERITE" OF LEBANON
2003 LOUVRE EXHIBITION FIRST AWARD
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