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Item Ships From: Africa
"Contemplating" Oil Painting 27" x 19" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Contemplating" Oil Painting 27" x 19" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
Signed
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, Wood
"The Kunafeh Merchant" Oil Painting 27" x 31" inch (1960) by Youssef Sida
By Youssef Sida
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Kunafeh Merchant" Oil Painting 27" x 31" inch (1960) by Youssef Sida
Signed and dated
1960
Youssef Sida
1922-1994
Born in 1922 in Damietta, and in ...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
"Abstract Triptych II" Oil on Canvas Painting 23" x 60" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Triptych II" Oil on Canvas Painting 23" x 60" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1991
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936 in Zagazig...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
"Macbeth Stagecraft III" Watercolor on Paper 10" x 16" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
By Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Macbeth Stagecraft III" Watercolor on Paper 10" x 16" 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
Cardboard, Watercolor
"Le Chat I" Oil Painting 20" x 19" inch (1959) by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Le Chat I" Oil Painting 20" x 19" inch (1959) by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji w...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Abstract Composition" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 18" inch by Youssef Sida
By Youssef Sida
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 18" inch by Youssef Sida
Signed and dated 1990
Youssef Sida
1922-1994
Born in 1922 in Damietta, and ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Abstract Composition" Oil painting 19" x 13" by Tahia Halim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Oil painting 19" x 13" by Tahia Halim
Oil on cartoon / signed & not dated
Tahia Halim was born in Cairo in 1919. Her primary e...
Category
20th Century Abstract Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Stroll in the Park" Oil Painting 20" x 28" inch (1970) by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Stroll in the Park" Oil Painting 20" x 28" inch (1970) by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sist...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Steel Factory" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch (1967) by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Steel Factory" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch (1967) by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister In...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Faces I" Oil on Carton Abstract Painting 28" x 22" inch by Youssef Sida
By Youssef Sida
Located in Culver City, CA
"Faces I" Oil on Carton Abstract Painting 28" x 22" inch by Youssef Sida
Signed and dated 1990
Youssef Sida
1922-1994
Born in 1922 in Damietta, and in 1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Worshippers" Oil on Wood Painting 23" x 16" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Worshippers" Oil on Wood Painting 23" x 16" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1989
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was bor...
Category
20th Century Africa - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Verdant Village" Oil on Canvas Painting 24" x 31" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Verdant Village" Oil on Canvas Painting 24" x 31" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1989
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936 in Zagazig in E...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Deconstruction IV" Abstract Oil Painting 28" x 20" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Deconstruction IV" Abstract Oil Painting 28" x 20" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1989
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail w...
Category
20th Century Africa - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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