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Item Ships From: Africa
"Cartwheels" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cartwheels" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"New Soul" Mixed media Painting 71" x 35" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
By Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"New Soul" Mixed media Painting 71" x 35" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old masters.
Abdel Malak textured oils are a celebration of the female identity in every sense of the word. His beautiful faces and suave figures grace the canvases together embracing our Egyptian architectural...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
"Above the City II" Abstract Painting 33" x 47" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Above the City II" Abstract Painting 33" x 47" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas are captured wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Circle of Life" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Kinda Adly
By Kinda Adly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Circle of Life" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Kinda Adly
Kinda Adly, born in Egypt in 1989, is a self-taught artist. She grew up in Egypt and cur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Treasure Walk" Abstract Painting 39" x 59" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Treasure Walk" 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 complet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Cactus Miniature II" Oil Painting 12" x 10" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus Miniature II" Oil Painting 12" x 10" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his chil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Egyptology" Figurative Painting 11" x 9" inch (1987) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Egyptology" Figurative Painting 11" x 9" inch (1987) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Emancipation, 1987
Ink on Paper.
Signed & dated
The selection of Abd Elmalak’s drawings is reflective...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Perched Dove" Abstract Painting 63" x 55" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Perched Dove" Abstract Painting 63" x 55" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhoo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"India II" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 20" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"India II" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 20" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Hummas Merchant" (FRAMED) Figuraive Oil Painting 35 x 35 in by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hummas Merchant" (FRAMED) Figuraive Oil Painting 35 x 35 in by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three dec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
signed & dated
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he wa...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Date for One" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Date for One" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has bee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Visage VIII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage VIII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cactus in Beige" Oil Painting 27.5" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus in Beige" Oil Painting 27.5" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1973...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fayoum Studio 1" Oil Painting 35" x 39" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Studio 1" Oil Painting 24" x 32" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1973 h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hymn of Osiris II" (FRAMED) Painting on Papyrus 22"" x 16" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hymn of Osiris II" (FRAMED) Painting on Papyrus 22"" x 16" inch by Ahmed Saber
ink on papyrus
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist base...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Bamboo Paper
"Nile by Night VI" Abstract Oil Painting 15" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nile by Night VI" Abstract Oil Painting 15" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Girl with Fish" Figurative Painting Acrylic and Inks 16" x 12"in by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Girl with Fish" Figurative Painting Acrylic and Inks 16" x 12"in by Ahmed Saber
Comes framed as shown on second photo
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Arabian Nights" Figurative Painting 9" x 12" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Arabian Nights" Figurative Painting 9" x 12" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Emancipation, 1991
Ink on Paper.
Signed & dated
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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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Foliage" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Foliage" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
"Les Oliviers” Landscape Oil Painting 12" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Les Oliviers” Landscape Oil Painting 12" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Utopian Vision" Abstract Painting 61" x 30" inch by Kinda Adly
By Kinda Adly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Utopian Vision" Abstract Painting 61" x 30" inch by Kinda Adly
Kinda Adly, born in Egypt in 1989, is a self-taught artist. She grew up in Egypt and cur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Cactus in Crimson II" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus in Crimson II" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
"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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Glass, Mixed Media
"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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Composition 3" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 18" inch by Youssef Sida
By Youssef Sida
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition 3" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 18" inch by Youssef Sida
Signed and dated 1990
Youssef Sida
1922-1994
Born in 1922 in Damietta, and in 1945 he got his degree from the Higher Institute of Educational Art. In 1947, he participated in establishing the influential Group of Modern Art. In 1949 he participated in the Egyptian exhibition in Paris. In 1950, he received the Full Bright award for studying art at Minnesota University. He then studied at Colombia University in NY and began exhibiting his work in NY and Minnesota from 1951-1952. He participated in 1953 in the Biennale of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Upon returning to Egypt in 1954, he became active in local and international exhibitions. In 1961, he was sent by the Egyptian government to receive his Ph.D. from Columbus University, Ohio. After, he started exhibiting his work in Columbus and Washington DC.
Y.Sida’s work at the start was mainly dealing with popular Egyptian themes. We can distinguish Sida’s work through his power of using primary colors in its purest form directly in the tubes without being mixed with other colors. Also, we can notice in his work a tendency towards the qualities and techniques of children’s art.
In his later years, Sida began experimenting with Arabic Calligraphy by concentrating on the forms and shapes that are dominant in the popular Egyptian motives and décor. We can witness the dynamism in his Arabic calligraphy work. Sida is also known for his huge murals...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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