Barbara Kassab-Every Explained

Known For:oil paintings
Birth Date:1945
Death Date:2016
Death Place: Saint Kitts and Nevis

Barbara Kassab-Every was a Dutch painter born on the Caribbean island of Saba who lived in St. Kitts.

Biography

Barbara Kassab was born in 1945 on the island of Saba in the Netherlands Antilles.[1] Beginning at a young age, Kassab started painting landscapes of her home of Saba, including portrayals of the hills and iconic winding roads of the island. One of these pictures depicting an s-shaped road was presented to the Queen of the Netherlands on one of her visits to the Netherlands Antilles.[2]

Kassab had one brother, Floyd Every. After moving to St. Kitts, she married Bichara Kassab and had two children: Brian and Sandra. She had an art studio in her home in the Fortlands.[3]

Works

Barbara Kassab's works have been exhibited in Canada, Guyana, Barbados, St. Kitts, CuraƧao,[4] and other Caribbean islands. Her paintings include:

In 2009, one of Kassab's acrylic landscape paintings was given as a gift to a member of the United States of America's Federal Reserve Board.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbara Kassab Print of St. Kitts . 4 March 2022 . Black Rock Galleries.
  2. News: Johnson . Will . 11 October 2014 . Saba Art Exhibition on Aruba 1983 . The Saba Islander . 4 March 2022.
  3. Book: Harrington, Joan F. . Live the Life: Caribbean Island Style . Dorrance Publishing Co. . 2003 . 0-8059-6095-3 . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . 137.
  4. Web site: 1993 . A Traveling Exhibition of Contemporary Works of Art by Artists of the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish Caribbean . 4 March 2022 . Wanda Svevo Historical Archive.
  5. News: State Department . 25 June 2009 . Office of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2008 . Federal Register . 4 March 2022.