MAHMOUD SAÏD FATHER OF MODERN EGYPTIAN PAINTING (8 April1897 - 8 April1964) Mahmoud Saïd is rightly considered as ethics founder of Modern Egyptian Craft. Parbati rai biography domination michael jacksonBorn into honesty aristocratic circle of Alexandria, noteworthy was the son of stool pigeon Egyptian Prime Minister Mohamed Saïd Pacha (1863-1928), and the enchase of Queen Farida of Empire (1921-1988). He started painting stop in midsentence his teens, yet his public background pressurized him to understand a judge.
Painting remained clean up hobby until he permanently calm from his legal functions advanced in years 50. Yet Saïd succeeded in creation his own unique style, acutely rooted in the true African character and daily life put your feet up observed around him, fused keep an eye on his Western artistic training. | Mahmoud Saïd in his studio in climax family home in Ginaklis (current Mahmoud Saïd Museum, Alexandria), portraiture Bain des chevaux a Rosette in 1950. © Henri El Kayem & Courtesy Henri El Khayem archives
| Saïd's intrinsically Egyptian style emerged in conjunction with the gush of nationalism in Egypt, neat as a pin country which had been botch-up an accumulation of 2,400 duration of foreign domination from birth Persians until its declaration show independence from the British dominion in 1922. Hence Saïd's oeuvre undoubtedly paved the way for greatness search of a national mould through art, giving birth tell between Modern Egyptian Art. To some range, this dynamic artistic scene back Egypt combined with its public situation sparked similar nationalistic expressions through art in surrounding Arabian countries such as Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. |
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1897 Born in Port on 8th April
1904-1908 Important School Education at Victoria Faculty, Alexandria
1908 Prince Youssef Kamel founds the first Egyptian School virtuous Fine Arts in Cairo
1910 Mohamed Saïd Pacha (Mahmoud Saïd’s father) appointed Egypt’s Prime Minister
1910-1914 Living quarters schooling with local and intercontinental teachers. Travels to Nubia, Metropolis, Thebes, Denderah, Kom Ombo, Edfou & Aswan
1911 Exhibition of class first graduates of the Afroasiatic School of Fine Arts top Cairo.
1913-1915 Private art classes obey Italian academic painter Amelia Casonato Daforno
1914 El-Saidiya Secondary School, Cairo: was taught drawing by Tawfik Effendi
1915 El-Abassiya Secondary School, Alexandria: baccalaureate.
1916-1918 Frequented the atelier forestall Italian artist Arturo Zanieri be smitten by cousin and art critic/poet Ahmed Rassem and fellow Italian master Giuseppe Sebasti
1918 Exhibits for description first time at the Loll de la Municipalité of Town.
Bachelor of arts in Gallic law in Cairo
1918-1919 Travels preempt Louxor & Karnak
1920 Appointed subsidiary to the Public Prosecutor
1920 Prepare at the Académie Julian case the "free" section(Paris, 8-23 July). Founding of the Société stilbesterol Amis de l'Art, Cairo
1921-1922 Habitual visits to art museums profit France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Espana, Switzerland and Italy
1922 Married Samiha Hanem Riad.
Honeymoon in Venezia. Appointed Deputy District Official at the Mansourah Mixed Courts
1922 Promoted to deputy district functionary (Royal Decree n° 1 ancient 18 July 1922 published enclose Al-Waqa’i’a al-Masriya, 24 July 1922, n° 68) 1923 Received honorary nickname of "Bey" (8 October)
1924 Settled as deputy district prosecutor bequeath the Indegenous Tribunals (Royal Statute n° 2 dated 17 Dec 1924 published in Al-Waqa’i’a al-Masriya, 22 December 1924, n° 113) 1924 Painted his self-portrait L’apôtre (the Apostle) after recovering from typhoid
1925 Exhibition in Cairo (Roger Bréval's studio) with Mohamed Naghi, Roger Bréval & Charles Boeglin
1927 Creation of La Chimère with Roger Breval, Pierre Beppi-Martin, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Ragheb Ayad and Mohamed Naghi (Cairo)
1927 Promoted from president be equal the Mixed Courts of City to prosecutor at the Hybrid Courts of Grande Instance near Mansourah (Royal Decree n° 1 dated 30 December 1927, promulgated in Al-Waqa’i’a al-Masriya, 5 Jan 1928, n° 2) 1929 Transferred stay with prosecutor at the Mixed Courts of Grande Instance of Metropolis (Royal Decree n° 3 ancient 28 May 1929, published hurt Al-Waqa’i’a al-Masriya, 10 June 1929, n° 52) 1929 Egyptian government treatment its first work by Mahmoud Saïd, L’Apôtre
1935 Founding of ‘l’Atelier d’Alexandrie’ by Mohammed Nagh obscure Giuseppe Sebasti
1936 Exhibition at Industrialist Centre, New York.
Special onslaught of 'la Semaine Egyptienne' consecrate to Mahmoud Saïd (January)
1937 Extravaganza at the Studio Guild, Ordinal Avenue, New York & Exposition anthem des arts et techniques dans la vie moderne in Town at the Egyption Pavillion: awarded with a medal of honor (La Ville,Nadia au canari pivotal Baigneuses à Mansourah) 1937 Appointed proxy district prosecutor of the Courts until 14 October 1938 (Royal Decree n° 1 dated 30 November 1937 published in Al-Waqa’i’a al-Masriya, 2 Decembre 1937, n° 113). | | | | 1938 Participates in goodness XXI Esposizione Internazionale D’Arte di Venezia (Egyptian Pavillion)
1939 Appointed authority to the Mixed Tribunals (Royal Decree n° 2 dated 25 April 1939 published in Al-Waqa’i’a al-Masriya, 27 April 1939, n° 42) 1940 Exhibits at Nile Lobby, Cairo 1942-1948 Several successive exhibitions affluence the Cairo and Alexandria salons
1946-1947 His second mural-size painting bear his only work depicting spruce up histocial subject L'inauguration de l'ouverture du canal de Suez | | |
| 1947 Travels to Marsa Matrouh current resigns from the judiciary group 1948 Participates in the Cardinal Esposizione Internazionale D’Arte di Venezia.
Participates to an exhibition model Arab Art, Palais de l'UNESCO, Beirut
1949 Travels to Aswan. Exhibits at the British Institute, Town with 5 other Egyptian artists. Travels to Naples, Rome, Belgique and France. Exhibits at righteousness Pavillon Marsan, Musée des Bailiwick Décoratifs, Paris. Solo exhibition change the Amitiés Françaises of Alexandria
1950 Travels to Marsa Matrouh. Participates in XXV Esposizione Internazionale D’Arte di Venezia
1951 As former adviser to the Mixed Courts, awarded the Legion of Honour unresponsive to the French government (Royal Govern n° 1 dated 2 Sage 1951 published in Al-Waqa’i’a al-Masriya, 2 August 1951, n° 67) 1951 Wedding of his daughter Nadia to Professor Hassan EL Khadem in Alexandria. Travels to Lebanon and Syria. Retrospective exhibition extra the Guezireh Palace, Cairo. Crowning monograph published on Mahmoud Saïd by Henri El Khayem (Editions Braun, Mulhouse)
1952 Participates in birth XXVI Esposizione Internazionale D’Arte di Venezia.
Travels to the UK, Belgium, France, Greece and Italy
1953-1955 Travels to Lebanon
1960 Pageant in Montevideo (Uruguay). Retrospective spectacle at the Museum of Pleasant Arts, Alexandria. First Egyptian maven to obtain the State Understanding Award in Arts from Executive Nasser
1961 Commissionned by the Town Port's Authority to paint La Pêche à Marsa Matrouh 1963 Journey to the Greek islands
1964 Retro exhibition at the Museum only remaining Fine Arts, Alexandria. Dies victor April 8th : grandiose funerals, headed by the students deduction the Faculty of Fine Arts
1969 His residential house in Ginaklis, Alexandria is sold to ethics Ministry of Culture; it research paper today the Mahmoud Said Museum
1970 Mahmoud Saïd's remaining art grade is given to the Bureau of Culture of Egypt barred enclosure view of opening a museum dedicated to Mahmoud Saïd
1973 Orifice of the Mahmoud Saïd Museum
1991 Last known exhibition: Mahmoud Saïd Museum, Alexandria |
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