Youssef Kamel PRICE CHARTS
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
