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

Barbara Kassab-Every
Born1945
 Saba
Died2016
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Nationality The Netherlands
Known foroil paintings

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.[2] 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, Curaçao,[4] and other Caribbean islands. Her paintings include:[2]

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]


References


  1. "Barbara Kassab Print of St. Kitts". Black Rock Galleries. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. Johnson, Will (11 October 2014). "Saba Art Exhibition on Aruba 1983". The Saba Islander. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. Harrington, Joan F. (2003). Live the Life: Caribbean Island Style. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Dorrance Publishing Co. p. 137. ISBN 0-8059-6095-3.
  4. "A Traveling Exhibition of Contemporary Works of Art by Artists of the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish Caribbean". Wanda Svevo Historical Archive. 1993. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. 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. Retrieved 4 March 2022.


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