United Arab Emirates. 1951 - 2016
Painting and sculpture
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1891 Tanbara, Egypt - 1934 Cairo, Egypt. Known for: Allegorical Egyptian motif figural sculpture.
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Mahmoud Mokhtar. Written by Alexandra Dika Seggerman. Born on 10 May 1891 in Tanbara, Egypt; died 27 March 1934 in Cairo, Egypt. Mahmoud Mokhtar is considered a pioneer of modern Egyptian art, yet he... Read full biography
Mahmoud Mokhtar. Written by Alexandra Dika Seggerman. Born on 10 May 1891 in Tanbara, Egypt; died 27 March 1934 in Cairo, Egypt. Mahmoud Mokhtar is considered a pioneer of modern Egyptian art, yet he also occupies a prominent place in the history of the modern Egyptian nation. Self-styled as the... Read full biography
Mahmoud Mokhtar. Written by Alexandra Dika Seggerman. Born on 10 May 1891 in Tanbara, Egypt; died 27 March 1934 in Cairo, Egypt. Mahmoud Mokhtar is considered a pioneer of modern Egyptian art, yet he also occupies a prominent place in the history of the modern Egyptian nation. Self-styled as the first Egyptian sculptor in over two millennia, Mahmoud Mokhtar deftly blended Pharaonic imagery with a modern European sculptural aesthetic to create quintessentially nationalist Egyptian artwork.... Read full biography
Mahmoud Mokhtar. Written by Alexandra Dika Seggerman. Born on 10 May 1891 in Tanbara, Egypt; died 27 March 1934 in Cairo, Egypt. Mahmoud Mokhtar is considered a pioneer of modern Egyptian art, yet he also occupies a prominent place in the history of the modern Egyptian nation. Self-styled as the first Egyptian sculptor in over two millennia, Mahmoud Mokhtar deftly blended Pharaonic imagery with a modern European sculptural aesthetic to create quintessentially nationalist Egyptian artwork. Mokhtar was born in 1891 into a fellaheen/peasant family in the town of Tunbarah near the central Delta town of al-Mahallah al-Kubra, son of an omdah [local village mayor], named Ibrahim el-Essaoui. The artist would later recall molding figurines out of... Read full biography
Mahmoud Mokhtar. Written by Alexandra Dika Seggerman. Born on 10 May 1891 in Tanbara, Egypt; died 27 March 1934 in Cairo, Egypt. Mahmoud Mokhtar is considered a pioneer of modern Egyptian art, yet he also occupies a prominent place in the history of the modern Egyptian nation. Self-styled as the first Egyptian sculptor in over two millennia, Mahmoud Mokhtar deftly blended Pharaonic imagery with a modern European sculptural aesthetic to create quintessentially nationalist Egyptian artwork. Mokhtar was born in 1891 into a fellaheen/peasant family in the town of Tunbarah near the central Delta town of al-Mahallah al-Kubra, son of an omdah [local village mayor], named Ibrahim el-Essaoui. The artist would later recall molding figurines out of mud from the Nile riverbanks during his childhood. Around 1900, he moved with his mother and his two sisters, Hafeethah and Badee'... Read full biography
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