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Item Ships From: Africa
"Abstract Melange II" Abstract Collage 35" x 29.5" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Melange II" Abstract Collage 35" x 29.5" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Fabric Collage on Cotton Mesh on Wood
ARTIST BIO
Neama El Sanhoury's upbringing in what she describes a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Mixed Media, Mesh
"Nude on Chair" Mixed Media Painting 22" x 22" inch by RAOUF RAAFAT
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nude on Chair" Mixed Media Painting 22" x 22" inch by RAOUF RAAFAT
mixed media & acrylic on paper
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
By Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
"Beach Season" Abstract Painting 39" x 59" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Beach Season" Abstract Painting 39" x 59" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from the Faculty of Art & Education located in Zamalek Cairo, Egypt. Granting him his first appearance during 2015, in the Faculty of Art & Education exhibition at El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre located in Zamalek. Ever since, Dafrawy’s artworks have been exhibited, noticed, and recognized by collectors, artists, and curators with an early certificate of recognition from the minister of culture Emad Abu Ghazy at Lamasatt Art Gallery located in downtown, Cairo, during the same year.
Born in 1982, the Egyptian artist started exploring art at an early age. At the age of 11, he won the Princess Nouf award at a drawing competition in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Cosmic Explosion" Abstract Wood Painting 79" x 79" in by Leila Izzet
By Leila Izzet
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cosmic Explosion" Abstract Wood Painting 79" x 79" in by Leila Izzet
Leila Izzet has been exhibiting her paintings for over 40 years. A great lover of animals, she was first known ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Untitled 102" Abstract Painting 31" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 102" Abstract Painting 31" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Still Life with Yarn" (FRAMED) Painting 16" x 16" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Still Life with Yarn" (FRAMED) Painting 16" x 16" inch by Ahmed Saber
ink on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Woman & Fish" Figurative Charcoal Painting 20" x 25" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Woman & Fish" Figurative Charcoal Painting 20" x 25" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, Acrylic
"Violet" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 32" inch by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Violet" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 32" inch by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the meticulous art of drapery which she adorns her demure female figures in. Her works capture the ideals of female empowerment, and the feminine traits of motherhood, sisterhood, intuition, compassion and grace, all of which her carefully created subjects embody.
Yousra Hafad is an Egyptian artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Macbeth Stagecraft II" Pastel on Paper 10" x 12" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
By Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Macbeth Stagecraft II" Pastel on Paper 10" x 12" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
"Lady in Waiting I" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 35" in by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lady in Waiting I" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 35" in by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mules" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 39" x 59" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mules" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 39" x 59" inch by Ahmed Saber
Medium: watercolor on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper Egypt, wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Farmer" Portrait Oil Painting 16" x 12" inch by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Farmer" Portrait Oil Painting 16" x 12" inch by Shaaban Zaki
circa 1930
Signed.
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he was...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Portrait of Woman I" Watercolor Painting 24" x 16" inch by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait of Woman I" Watercolor Painting 24" x 16" inch by Kawkab Youssef
Signed and dated 1962
A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal:
With a ...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Oasis Shore" Painting 8" x 18" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Oasis Shore" Painting 8" x 18" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She generally makes use ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Untitled 119" Abstract Painting 47" x 31" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 119" Abstract Painting 47" x 31" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Cactus by Night II" Abstract Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus by Night II" Abstract Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
Oil on canvas.
Signed by the Artist.
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Self Portrait II" Portrait Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Self Portrait II" Portrait Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Profil Orange" Portrait Painting 25" x 25" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Profil Orange" Portrait Painting 25" x 25" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She generally ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Glass, Mixed Media
"Seated Woman" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1962) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Seated Woman" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1962) by Kawkab Youssef
Signed and dated 1962
A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal:
With a ...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"La Petite Fille Orange" Portrait Painting 25 x 25 in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Petite Fille Orange" Portrait Painting 25 x 25 in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Nile Roses Miniature" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nile Roses Miniature" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"La Femme en Gris" Painting in Glass Frame 25"x25"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Femme en Gris" Painting in Glass Frame 25"x25"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Marine Life" Figurative Oil Painting 41 "x 79" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Marine Life" Figurative Oil Painting 41 "x 79" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his nativ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My Hope, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
African Child who is hoping to become old one day but not sure because of what is happening here actually and his hope is the Lord. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Malume, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In Africa old man deserve more respect, that why we call them Malume (Oncle) :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rocky Mountain National Park Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Zofingen, AG
Rocky Mountain National Park – Original Oil Painting
By Olga Nikitina
Dimensions: 25x25cm
Medium: Oil on stretched canvas (Ready to Hang)
Technique: Palette Knife / Impasto
Signed: F...
Category
2010s Realist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The misanthrope's refuge, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Theophile DELAINE
Located in Yardley, PA
"Le refuge du misanthrope" is the first opus of the series entitled "Chrysalide" devoted to withdrawal, to loneliness with a view to future fulfillment. This...
Category
2010s Abstract Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Underground, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Theophile DELAINE
Located in Yardley, PA
Triptych On the ground, the soil of the island, solid! Like a pebble in the middle of the ocean! And yet, at a certain distance under our feet, there is a liquid and gaseous univ...
Category
2010s Abstract Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Town Crier II painting from Africa, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Here is a painting of an African musician singing and playing drums in warm tropical colors. The artist is Angu Walters of Cameroon, Central Africa. T...
Category
2010s Cubist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"The Mask" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 24" in (1991) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Mask" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 24" in (1991) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: oil on canvas
Signed and dated
Comes in old original frame
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993) was ra...
Category
20th Century Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Alpine Village I" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Duality" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 39" inch (1969) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Duality" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 39" inch (1969) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: oil on canvas
Signed and dated
Comes in old original frame
Zaccar...
Category
20th Century Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Seclusion I" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 39" inch (1974) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Seclusion I" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 39" inch (1974) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: oil on canvas
Signed and dated
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993)...
Category
20th Century Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Black Robe” Portrait Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Robe” Portrait Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Abstract Composition" Abstract Painting 12" x 18" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Abstract Painting 12" x 18" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1987
Signed and Dated
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 193...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel 8" x 24" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel 8" x 24" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1986
Signed and Dated
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mo...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Abstract Visage II" Figurative Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage II" Figurative Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Abode I" Drawing 20" x 12" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abode I" Drawing 20" x 12" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Signed and dated.
1967
EL HUSSEIN FAWZI: (1905-1999). Born in Helmia district, Cairo on 4 September 1905, El Hussein Fawzi was known in Egypt and the Middle Eastern his pioneering work in the field of journalistic graphic arts. Fawzibegan his artistic studies in 1922 at the School of Fine Arts, studying oil painting. He won the first prize at an art competition for which he received an art fellowship in 1928 and entered the printing school in Paris, from which he received a lithography diploma in 1932. He also studied lithography at the Estienne School in Paris.
He was an artist and professor of oil painting before joining the ParisHigher School of Arts and Decoration from which he received a diploma in1933. Fawzi was also awarded an honorary degree for an oil painting exhibited at the 1939 French Salon. Although Fawzi’s fame was as an agraphic artist he also had an active career in the fine arts. Upon his return to Egypt, he founded the Department of Graphic Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts and later was appointed director of the department, a position he held until his retirement. He made lots of illustrations for two books by Naguib Mahfouz that were published in the Al Ahram newspaper and also made drawings of all the big mosques of Egypt that were publishedin two big books...
Category
20th Century Modern Africa - Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
"Hilltop" Mixed Media Landscape Painting 8" x 12" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hilltop" Mixed Media Landscape Painting 8" x 12" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Pharaoh Group" Oil Painting 13" x 17" inch (1955) by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pharaoh Group" Oil Painting 13" x 17" inch (1955) by Shaaban Zaki
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he was distinguished f...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Bonsai" Landscape Painting 8" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bonsai" Landscape Painting 8" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She generally make...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Abstraction IX" Oil on Wood Abstract Painting 24" x 8" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstraction IX" Oil on Wood Abstract Painting 24" x 8" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1989
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Isma...
Category
20th Century Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Portrait d'un Modele" Painting 10" x 8" inch (1955) by Salah Abdel Kerim
By Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait d'un Modele" Painting 10" x 8" inch (1955) by Salah Abdel Kerim
Ink on paper
1955
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and s...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
"Abstract Composition 4" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 16" inch by Youssef Sida
By Youssef Sida
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition 4" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 16" inch by Youssef Sida
Signed
Circa 1989
Youssef Sida
1922-1994
Born in 1922 in Damietta, and in 1945 he got his degree fro...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Abstract Composition II" Abstract Painting 16" x 20" inch by Leila Izzet
By Leila Izzet
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition II" Abstract Painting 16" x 20" inch by Leila Izzet
Leila Izzet has been exhibiting her paintings for over 40 years. A great lover of animals, she was first kn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel on Paper 16" x 22" in by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel on Paper 16" x 22" in by Mohammed Ismail
1986
Signed and Dated
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel on Paper 12" x 18" in by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel on Paper 12" x 18" in by Mohammed Ismail
1987
Signed and Dated
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Cats and Coffins" Oil Painting 15" x 17" inch (1971) by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cats and Coffins" Oil Painting 15" x 17" inch (1971) by Zohra Efflatoun
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a renowned painter from Cairo. Whereas Zohra, who lived in Alexandria, studied under the patronage of the Alexandrian pioneer painters Adham and Seif Wanly...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Nude Lady" Nude Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch (1954) by Salah Abdel Kerim
By Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nude Lady" Nude Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch (1954) by Salah Abdel Kerim
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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Seated Woman with Plant" Oil Painting 31" x 24" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Seated Woman with Plant" Oil Painting 31" x 24" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1991
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936 in Zagazig in Egy...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Abstract Triptych I" Oil Painting 25.5" x 55" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Triptych I" Oil Painting 25.5" x 55" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1991
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936 in Zagazig in Egypt...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Le Chat V" Oil Painting 20" x 14" inch (1971) by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Le Chat V" Oil Painting 20" x 14" inch (1971) by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a renowned painter from Cairo. Whereas Zohra, who lived in Alexandria, studied under the patronage of the Alexandrian pioneer painters Adham and Seif Wanly...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Plateau" Oil Painting 14" x 18" inch by AHMED ZAGHLOUL
Located in Culver City, CA
"Plateau" Oil Painting 14" x 18" inch by AHMED ZAGHLOUL
Category
20th Century Abstract Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Cairo Street Corner" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch (1974) by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cairo Street Corner" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch (1974) by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a renowned painter from Cairo. Whereas Zohra, who lived in Alexandria, studied under the patronage of the Alexandrian pioneer painters Adham and Seif Wanly...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Camouflage" Abstract Painting Oil on Cartoon 20" x 14" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Camouflage" Abstract Painting Oil on Cartoon 20" x 14" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1991
Signed & Dated
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Abstract Calligraphy" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 39" inch by KAMAL EL SARRAG
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Calligraphy" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 39" inch by KAMAL EL SARRAG
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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