MOUNIR CANAAN

"Guardian of the Mosque" Drawing 14" x 10" inch by MOUNIR CANAAN

1956

"Madrid" Abstract Painting Watercolor on Paper 10" x 6" in by Salah Abdel Kerim signed & dated Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...

"Upper Egypt Musician" Figurative Drawing 13 x 9 in (c. 1970) by Inji Efflatoun Stamped Unique work. Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 19...

"Arabian Nights" Figurative Painting 9" x 12" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Emancipation, 1991 Ink on Paper. Signed & dated View works. SHARE Abd Elmalak’s diverse portfolio exemplifies not only his versatility, but perhaps even more importantly his unique ability to blend the conventional and unconventional in thoughtful harmony, which esteemed Modernist and author Hussein Bicar (1913-2002) deemed a “highly intelligent duality between the kinetics of the universe and its stillness.” The selection of Abd Elmalak’s drawings is reflective of a compositional method that is based on free-flowing and distinct lines and contours that he uses to amalgamate caricature-Esque female figures with monuments and landmarks from his travels, script, animals, and natural elements into interconnected and unified tapestries. His selected paintings explore themes of entrapment, companionship, oppression, emancipation, and faith, which he explores and animate through his demure and virtuous women subjects...

"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun circa 1960 Signed Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...

Arab Man with hat is an original china ink drawing realized by Jean Chapin in the mid-20th Century. Hand signed in pencil on the back, on the lower right marg...

Mosque in Constantinople is an original artwork realized in the mid-20th century, and attributed to Gustavo Francalancia. Original mixed colored tempera and watercolor on plywood. ...

Figures and houses in Marocco is an original pencil drawing realized by Helen Vogt in 1930. The state of preservation is very good. Not signed. Stamp of the artist on the back.

Portrait of Arab is an interesting drawing realized by the French artist Jean Louis Plumet. It is in very good conditions, except for some tiny stains and a fold on the lower part of...