Britt Boutros-Ghali
Britt Boutros-Ghali (born Britt Bang Paulsen, 1937 in Svolvær ) is a Norwegian painter living in Cairo, Egypt.
Britt Boutros-Ghali grew up in Sortland, Norway. She studied painting and sculpture in Oslo under under Ellen Christensen and Ferdinand Lunde, then had her first solo exhibition in 1965 in the Galerie de l'Universitée in Paris.[1] Early in her career, her work was abstract, but Boutros-Ghali later became interested in portraiture, creating many expressionist paintings of women along with her abstract work. Throughout her career, her style has been characterized by a vivid color pallet. Her work has been exhibited in France, England, Germany, Spain, the United States, Norway and Egypt. In 1996 she was inducted into the Order of St. Olav for her contribution to the arts, becoming the second visual artist to receive this honor in her lifetime, after Edvard Munch.[2]
In the autumn of 2005 , forty-six oil paintings by Britt Boutros-Ghali were stolen from a container in Harstad . Sent from Cairo to be exhibited at Galleri Nord-Norge in Harstad, the paintings were worth approximately two million Norwegian Krone. Only five of the paintings have been recovered since the theft.[3][4]
She is married to Egyptian Raouf Boutros-Ghali, and is thus the sister-in-law to former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Britt Boutros Ghali". Edelman Arts. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "Britt Boutros Ghali". Edelman Arts. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ Godø, Knut (2005-10-18). "Kunsttyveri for to millioner kroner". ht.no (in norsk bokmål). Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ Godø, Knut (2005-10-28). "Boutros Ghali-bilder funnet". ht.no (in norsk bokmål). Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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