Modern Egyptian Artists: Folk Art Influences
Folk subjects
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| Ragheb Ayad |
1892-1982 |
Painted everday Egyptian life, including folk festivals. using effects from his study of decorative and theatre design in Itality. |
| Abdel Fatah el-Badri |
1949 |
Painted figures of Nubian people and Upper Egyptians. |
| Ali Kamel el-Deeb |
1909-1999 |
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| Mansour Faraq |
1910-2000 |
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| Zeinab Abdel Hamid |
1919-2002 |
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| Hassan Heshmat |
1920-2006 |
Created ceramic and porcelain sculptures of peasants |
| Youssef Kamel |
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Painted shabi (popular) districts of Old Cairo |
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Mohammed Abla
Mahmoud Mokhtar
Abdel Hamid el Dawakhly
Ali el-Desouki
Mohammed el-Fayoumi
Gamal al-Moursi
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1940-1991
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1963-1998
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Painted peasants and architecture of the Egyptian delta |
| Mahmoud Mouse |
1913-2003 |
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| Mohammed Nagy |
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Painted peasants in their fields and mud houses. |
| Mohammed Zaki Ra'ed |
1905- |
Painted indoor folk festivals in non-academic, somewhat naive, illustrative and descriptive manners |
| Zeinab el-Signi |
1930 |
Emphasized folk children in her paintings |
| Mahmoud Said |
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Painted pictures of fishermen and working class women |
| Namia Saad |
1912-1945 |
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| Hussein Mohammed Youssef |
1910-1973 |
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Socialist influenced folk artists
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| Tahia Halim |
1919-2003 |
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Ingy Aflatoun
19225-1989
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| Khadia Riaz |
1914-1983 |
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| Youssef Saida |
1922-1995 |
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Gazbia Sirry
1925
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Contemporary Art Group/
mystical folk traditions
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| Hussein Youseff Amin |
1904-1984 |
Estbalished Contemporary Art Group |
| Abdel Hadi el Gazzar |
1925-1955 |
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| Mahmoud Khalil |
1929-1955 |
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| Hamid Nada |
1924-1990 |
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| Ahmed Maher Ra'ef |
1926-2004 |
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| Samir Rafie |
1926-2004 |
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Paintings of industrial workers
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| Fathi Affifi |
1950 - |
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| George el Bahgouri |
1932 |
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Hamed Oweise
1919-
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Folk-influenced applique
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Fouad Abdel Malek
Hamed Said
Abdel Salam el-Sherif |
1910-1996 |
Malek studied art photography in the Munich Academy of Art; then in 1920's, established Center of Arts and Crafts in Bulaq(Cairo); commissioned some of first graduates of School of Fine Arts to create modern art with this tradition. The others continued the tradition |
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