Daoud Corm

Daoud Corm
1900 self-portrait of Daoud Corm.
Born	Daoud Corm (1852-06-26)26 June 1852 Ghosta, Lebanon
Died	6 June 1930(1930-06-06) (aged 77)
Nationality	Lebanese
Known for	Painting

Daoud Corm (1852–1930), commonly referred to as David Corm in English, was an influential painter in Lebanon.^[1][2][3] Daoud Corm taught portraiture to the young Khalil Gibran. Other early artists under his tutelage were Khalil Saleeby and Habib Srour.^[4][5][6]

In 1870 he went to Rome and enrolled at the Accademia di San Luca where he trained under Roberto Bompiani (1821-1908), the Italian court painter, and was thus probably the first Arab artist to train abroad.^[7] During his five years in Italy, Daoud Corm studied the works of Renaissance artists whose influence was evident throughout his works. He gained official recognition when he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Pope Pius IX (reg 1846-78). Upon his return to Lebanon in 1875, he painted portraits of many Arabs including Abbas II of Egypt (reg 1892-1914) in 1894. Daoud Corm was a religious painter and there are many of his paintings in churches across Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Palestine.^[8][9]

Daoud Corm was the father of Lebanese writer, industrialist and philanthropist Charles Corm.

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