Maher Raief (Egypt 1926-1999) Apis (The Bull)
Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- Property from a private collection, Cairo Maher Raief was an active member of the Contemporary Art Group with his fellow group members, Hamed Nada and Samir Rafi, the group aimed to Express a distinctly Egyptian identity, from the yoke of colonial influence
- In 1952 he takes part in the Venice Biennale where he gains notable recognition
- Maher Raief was born in Cairo in 1926 and died in the United States in 1999
- He graduated from the Cairo Faculty of Fine Arts in 1950
- In 1954 he got a BA in Philosophy from Cairo University
- In 1960 he got a Diploma in Graphics from Dusseldorf and in 1975 he obtained his PH.D.in Graphics , Aesthetics and Art History from Cologne University in Germany
- Appointed teacher in Cairo Faculty of Fine Arts in 1951
- In 1960 he moved to Alexandria Faculty of Fine Arts and became the head of the Graphics department in 1975
- He continued as a Professor of Graphics in the same Faculty until his death
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