Omar El-Nagdi (Egypt, 1931-2019) Tahtib (The Cane Dance)
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- Property from the private collection of H.E Ambassador Francine Henrich These present works are stunning and monumental renditions by Omar El Nagdi
- El Nagdi was born in Cairo in 1931 and studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Helwan University
- Nagdi continued his training in Russia and Italy, eventually graduating from the Academy of Venice in 1967
- A prodigious pioneer in Egyptian art history, In the 1960s, Nagdi exhibited in Europe alongside the Western masters Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dal
- An active member of Cairo's art community and of the Liberal Artists' group headed by Taha Hussein, Nagdi was an extraordinary painter and who equally excelled as a film director and music composer
- A multi-disciplinary artist, Nagdi worked with sculpture, oil, watercolour and mosaics
- Inspired by the diverse cultures that he encountered in rural Egypt, he fused in his works the Pharaonic and Islamic iconography with Cairo's urban culture idioms and Western aesthetics
- His paintings are sufficient proof of his exceptional gifts for symbolic design and the splendid use of colour
- Through his expressive textures, colours and symbolic elements, his works offer a communication that is deeply felt
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