caption movement death_date death_place birth_name birth_place children influences imagesize training nationality influenced field birth_date spouse image article_title name
wahbi al-hariri-rifai in 1981 luminism realism classicism 16 august 1994 aleppo , syria mohamed الرفاعي wahbi āl al-hariri al-rifai محمد وهبي آل الحريري aleppo , syria , ottoman empire mokhless al-hariri-rifai -lrb- b. 1946 -rrb- carlo siviero emmanuel pontremoli andré leconte 275px reale -- > istituto di archeologia e storia dell ` arte accademia scuola archeologica italiana di atene École des beaux-arts -lrb- arch.dplg di -rrb- -- > École du louvre -lrb- dra-iii e -rrb- belle -- > arti -lrb- dipl.i ° -rrb- syrian american fateh moudarres louay kayyali taleb yazgi fathi kabbawah art architecture archaeology 1914 widad marachi 1944 1994 wahbi-al-hariri-rifai-portrait-jan06-1981-cc-by-sa . jpg wahbi al-hariri
 wahbi al-hariri-rifai ar وهبي الحريري آلرفاعي
wahbi al-hariri

wahbi al-hariri-rifai -lrb- 1914-august 16 , 1994 -rrb- was a syrian american artist who has often been called `` the last of the classicists '' .
as an artist he was remarkably prolific in the last years of his life despite a protracted and painful struggle with terminal cancer .
he was also an accomplished architect , archaeologist , and author .
his artwork has garnered international recognition and praise both in his lifetime and posthumously .
he has also been recognized as a significant middle eastern cultural pioneer for his role in the `` establishment of the foundations of the plastic arts movement '' in the levant and for mentoring many important arab artists .
