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Youssef Kamel BIOGRAPHY
1890 Cairo, Egypt - 1971. Known for: Paintings of trees, farm scenes, churches, figures and portraits.
Among the first students to join Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1908, Youssef Kamel was part of a generation of modernist artists in Egypt often referred to as the Al-Ruwwad Group (The Pioneers... Read full biography
Among the first students to join Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1908, Youssef Kamel was part of a generation of modernist artists in Egypt often referred to as the Al-Ruwwad Group (The Pioneers Group). He studied under the Italian painter Paolo Forcella and worked alongside influential Egyptian... Read full biography
Among the first students to join Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1908, Youssef Kamel was part of a generation of modernist artists in Egypt often referred to as the Al-Ruwwad Group (The Pioneers Group). He studied under the Italian painter Paolo Forcella and worked alongside influential Egyptian artists such as Ragheb Ayad (see lots 16-19) and Mahmoud Mokhtar. In 1925, Kamel received a scholarship to attend Rome’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He studied under Umberto Coromaldi who, like Forcella,... Read full biography
Among the first students to join Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1908, Youssef Kamel was part of a generation of modernist artists in Egypt often referred to as the Al-Ruwwad Group (The Pioneers Group). He studied under the Italian painter Paolo Forcella and worked alongside influential Egyptian artists such as Ragheb Ayad (see lots 16-19) and Mahmoud Mokhtar. In 1925, Kamel received a scholarship to attend Rome’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He studied under Umberto Coromaldi who, like Forcella, followed the Italian 19th century Macchiaioli movement, which focused on oil painting techniques that emphasise patches of light in nature. Kamel loved the landscape of the Egyptian countryside, and through his use of soft brush strokes and touches... Read full biography
Among the first students to join Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1908, Youssef Kamel was part of a generation of modernist artists in Egypt often referred to as the Al-Ruwwad Group (The Pioneers Group). He studied under the Italian painter Paolo Forcella and worked alongside influential Egyptian artists such as Ragheb Ayad (see lots 16-19) and Mahmoud Mokhtar. In 1925, Kamel received a scholarship to attend Rome’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He studied under Umberto Coromaldi who, like Forcella, followed the Italian 19th century Macchiaioli movement, which focused on oil painting techniques that emphasise patches of light in nature. Kamel loved the landscape of the Egyptian countryside, and through his use of soft brush strokes and touches of colour, he added a tender poeticism to scenes of everyday life. He returned to Cairo in 1929 to work as a professor of pai... Read full biography
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Among the first students to join Cairo's School of Fine Arts in 1908, Youssef Kamel was part of a generation of modernist artists in Egypt often referred to as the Al-Ruwwad Group (The Pioneers Group). He studied under the Italian painter Paolo Forcella and worked alongside influential Egyptian artists such as Ragheb Ayad (see lots 16-19) and Mahmoud Mokhtar.
In 1925, Kamel received a scholarship to attend Rome’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He studied under Umberto Coromaldi who, like Forcella, followed the Italian 19th century Macchiaioli movement, which focused on oil painting techniques that emphasise patches of light in nature. Kamel loved the landscape of the Egyptian countryside, and through his use of soft brush strokes and touches of colour, he added a tender poeticism to scenes of everyday life.
He returned to Cairo in 1929 to work as a professor of painting at the School of Fine Arts, later serving as its director from 1950 to 1953. Kamel also worked as a curator and director of the Museum of Egyptian Modern Art from 1948 to 1949. Throughout his life he produced over two thousand works, making him one of Egypt's most prolific artists. His paintings can be found in private collections in Egypt including the Cairo Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, the Agricultural Museum in Dokki, the Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts, and abroad in the Museum of Modern Art in Rome and the Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah UAE.Biography from Bonhams Bond Street
Born in Cairo in 1891, Youssef Kamel is one of the most prominent visual artists of Egypt's Modern Era. Together with his six contemporaries: Ragheb Ayad, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Mahmoud Said, Mohamed Hassan, Mohamed Naghi and Ahmed Sabry, they pioneered the Modern Egyptian Art movement at the turn of the second millennium.
In 1908, aged 17, Kamel joined the newly Egyptian School of Fine Arts, graduating from the school's Painting Department in 1911. His thirst for knowledge pushed him – along with his close friend and colleague Ragheb Ayad – to knock the doors of Rome's Academy of Fine Arts, seeking to enroll in post-graduate studies. Youssef Kamel was granted a five-year state fellowship in Rome between 1925 and 1929.
Kamel worked as a teacher of painting at the Cairo School of Fine Arts. Between 1947 and 1950, Kamel served as director of Egypt's Modern Art Museum. In 1950, he became the dean of Cairo's School of Fine Arts School, a position he held until 1953. Youssef Kamel died in December 1971 in his estate in Matareya, at the age of 80.