Paul Guiragossian. The Human Condition

Born in 1925 in Jerusalem to Armenian parents, survivors of the Armenian Genocide, Paul Guiragossian experienced the consequences of exile from a very tender age.
As a child Paul remembers looking out from the window watching children flying their kites and they would always ask him to draw theirs for them because he did the most beautiful and colorful designs. It's then that he realized he had a talent that others didn't and his love for art became an indispensable need.
In the early 1940's Paul and his family moved to Jaffa where he attended Studio Yarkon to start improving his passion of painting. In the 50's Paul started teaching art in several Armenian schools and worked as an illustrator. He later started his own business with his brother Antoine painting cinema banners, posters and drawing illustrations for books.
Soon after he was discovered for his art and introduced to his contemporaries after which he began exhibiting his works in Beirut and eventually all over the world.
By the mid 60's Guiragossian grew to become one of the most celebrated artists in Lebanon and eventually of the Arab world and even though war broke out in the early 70's his attachment to Lebanon grew bigger and his works became more colorful with messages of hope for his people.