1921 Cairo, Egypt - 2000. Known for: Figure, portrait, landscape, still life and genre painting.
Wadie El Mahdy (1921). Born in Cairo, Egypt, Mahdy studied under Ricardo Roberti at the Italian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1935-1939); and under Ahmed Sabry and Bikar Huessen at the Egyptian...
Read full biography Wadie El Mahdy (1921). Born in Cairo, Egypt, Mahdy studied under Ricardo Roberti at the Italian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1935-1939); and under Ahmed Sabry and Bikar Huessen at the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1940-1946). His work is influenced by Vuillard, Bonnard and Soutine. He came...
Read full biography Wadie El Mahdy (1921). Born in Cairo, Egypt, Mahdy studied under Ricardo Roberti at the Italian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1935-1939); and under Ahmed Sabry and Bikar Huessen at the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1940-1946). His work is influenced by Vuillard, Bonnard and Soutine. He came to Montreal, Quebec in 1966. Working in oil, his subjects include still life, streetscapes and figures in an impressionistic style. He worked as a painter and architectural draftsman for the...
Read full biography Wadie El Mahdy (1921). Born in Cairo, Egypt, Mahdy studied under Ricardo Roberti at the Italian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1935-1939); and under Ahmed Sabry and Bikar Huessen at the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1940-1946). His work is influenced by Vuillard, Bonnard and Soutine. He came to Montreal, Quebec in 1966. Working in oil, his subjects include still life, streetscapes and figures in an impressionistic style. He worked as a painter and architectural draftsman for the Municipality of Cairo (1946-1964). His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Cairo. Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke, West Vancouver, British Columbia. Biography courtesy of The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction:...
Read full biography Wadie El Mahdy (1921). Born in Cairo, Egypt, Mahdy studied under Ricardo Roberti at the Italian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1935-1939); and under Ahmed Sabry and Bikar Huessen at the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts, Cairo (1940-1946). His work is influenced by Vuillard, Bonnard and Soutine. He came to Montreal, Quebec in 1966. Working in oil, his subjects include still life, streetscapes and figures in an impressionistic style. He worked as a painter and architectural draftsman for the Municipality of Cairo (1946-1964). His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Cairo. Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke, West Vancouver, British Columbia. Biography courtesy of The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction: Volume III: M-R