CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Dahesh Museum of Art

This museum is dedicated to European art of the 19th and early 20th centuries and originates from the private collection of the Lebanese writer, humanist and philosopher Saleem Moussa Ashi (1909-1984), whose pseudonym was Dr. Dahesh.
The collection includes paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, photographs, sculptures and illustrations from books by artists such as Benouville, Bouguereau, Bonheur, Cabanel, Gérôme, Leighton, Alma Tadema, L'hermitte, Troyon, Vernet, Bridgman and Ernst.
After the closure of its exhibition space in 2008, the museum no longer exhibits its works in its own premises but in other museums with temporary exhibitions.

References

Kenneth T. Jackson, Lisa Keller, Nancy Flood. The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition. Yale University Press, 2010. p. 341
Collection Overview (Dahesh Museum of Art)
Dahesh Museum of Art (Wikipedia)