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Comment: Need citations for every statement, preferably from online sources. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:32, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: The lead and 2nd paragraph are supported by a single citation (to a non-reliable source, I might add), which does not seem to verify much or any of the content (no mention of Osnabrück, Heidelberg, marriage, etc.). So where is all that information coming from?I next moved to the last paragraph, which talks about Giesen's teaching career, retirement, and current residence. That paragraph also has a single citation, to a source that has no real content apart from a photograph and a line of text ("Dr. Martin Giesen, Dean until 2004"). Again, what is the source of the information in this paragraph?At that point I stopped the reviewing process as pointless.Please note that articles should be written by summarising information provided by reliable published sources. While summarising the sources, they must be cited so that the information can be verified (in the manner that I have described above). Even if the subject is personally known to the author, no unpublished information may be included. Therefore the question "where does this information come from" should never go unanswered.HTH, DoubleGrazing (talk) 18:36, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Martin Giesen is a German watercolour artist and former professor of art and architectural history, best known for his paintings documenting the impact of the civil war on the urban environment in Lebanon.
Born and schooled in Germany, he studied art history at Heidelberg University. After interning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and completing a PhD, Giesen entered into a career of university teaching.[1]
His first academic appointment took him to Lebanon in 1973 just a few months before the country plunged into the Civil War. At the American University of Beirut he taught history of art and architecture.[2][3] In 1981, Giesen began painting watercolours on-site in the largely destroyed inner city of Beirut.[4][5] The impact of the war on infrastructure and lifestyle became the main focus and subject matter of his increasingly prodigious production of work. Close cooperation with Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste led to frequent exhibitions and critical acclaim.[6][7][8] In an article in The Independent Robert Fisk noted that “[Giesen's] art captures the impact of development on the human environment. In descriptive watercolors, Giesen pictorially narrates locations of change: reconstruction in downtown Beirut, busy ports of the Gulf, the clash of tradition and modernity in Dubai, and decaying heritage in Cyprus.”[9]
After teaching at universities in Saudi Arabia and Canada, Giesen returned to the Middle East in 1997. He was the founding Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Design at the American University of Sharjah until 2004.[10] Giesen retired in 2020 and now lives in Cyprus.[11]
References
edit- ^ Cindy L. Gunn (ed.), Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, p. 215
- ^ Martin Giesen, “Endangered Abundance”, in Yearbook 1968-2018, 50th Architecture Anniversary, AUB, Abir Eltayeb and Aram Yeretzian (eds.), Beirut 2018
- ^ John Munro, Giesen’s Lebanon, Rihani House, Beirut, 1984 (biographical details taken from the flyleaf of the book)
- ^ John Munro, Beirut Giesen, Al Makassed Publishing House, Beirut 1995
- ^ John Munro, “Travelers we meet”, Lufthansa Magazine, June 1983
- ^ Joseph Tarrab, ‘Voir et penser’, L’Orient-Le Jour, Beirut, June 1, 1982
- ^ "Saradar Collection | Archive of Texts".
- ^ "Slanted in Dubai: Martin Giesen". 5 December 2018.
- ^ Robert Fisk, “Beirut Stories”, The Independent, June 17, 2001
- ^ "365 Days of Lebanon". July 2016.
- ^ "Slanted video interview by Lars Harmsen". 9 November 2018.