Youssef Kamel (Egypt, 1891-1971) Roosters And Hens Oil On Board, Framed
Herkunft : [Propriété non datée]
- Property from the distinguished collection of Dr Mohammad Said Farsi Born in Cairo in 1891, Youssef Kamel is one of the most prominent visual artists of Egypt’s Modern Era
- Together with his six contemporaries: Ragheb Ayad, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Mahmoud Said, Mohamed Hassan, Mohamed Naghi and Ahmed Sabry, they pioneered the Modern Egyptian Art movement at the turn of the second millennium
- In 1908, aged 17, Kamel joined the newly Egyptian School of Fine Arts, graduating from the school’s Painting Department in 1911
- His thirst for knowledge pushed him – along with his close friend and colleague Ragheb Ayad – to knock the doors of Rome’s Academy of Fine Arts, seeking to enroll in post-graduate studies
- Youssef Kamel was granted a five-year state fellowship in Rome between 1925 and 1929., Kamel worked as a teacher of painting at the Cairo School of Fine Arts
- Between 1947 and 1950, Kamel served as director of Egypt’s Modern Art Museum
- In 1950, he became the dean of Cairo’s School of Fine Arts School, a position he held until 1953
- Youssef Kamel died in December 1971 in his estate in Matareya, at the age of 80.
- MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART
Exhibited :
Literature :
Anmerkung :
Condition_report :
