Pazel – Bibi Zoghbi

Artist: Bibi Zoghbi

Artwork: Chardons du Liban, 1952 – oil on canvas

Labibeh Zoghbi, known as Bibi, immigrated from Lebanon to Argentina at the age of 16. Her professional artistic career began in the 1930’s with a number of exhibitions in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, in Chile and Uruguay, in Paris and elsewhere. Bibi became known as “The Flower Painter”; being loyal to a joyful mode of painting and mostly dedicated to painting flowers. In her floral representations, she transcended the purely decorative aesthetics and showed the eternal quest for spring and renewal through the enchanting flowers of her native land, Lebanon. It also reflected her passionate and adventurous soul. She was a free spirit who transgressed the social rules and built a career and recognition out of her art.