Description: A rare group of seven drawings on paper , for the pioneer of figurative art , Egyptian master. : Seif Wanly , 1906_1979, drawings on paper signed . A real treasure seven authentinc original works by the Egyptian artist Seif Wanly . 7 of them were signed m unframed ,THe firist is a self portrait . simply as Seif Wanly (سيف وانلي) (March 31, 1906 – February 15, 1979) was an Egyptian painter.Early life and career[edit]Wanly was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1906 into an aristocratic family of Turkish origin.[1]He introduced modern art to Egypt after studying at the studio of the Italian artist Otorino Becchi. In 1942 he set up his own studio with his brother Adham Wanly and together they participated in more than 17 exhibitions, notably in the Biennale of Venice and in São Paulo, Brazil. In the late 1950s, Wanly travelled to Nubia to produce a series of paintings and drawings portraying life in Upper Egypt for a governmental project to document culture and conditions prior to the relocation that occurred to enable construction of the Aswan High Dam.[2] Today an entire floor of the Mahmoud Said Museum in Alexandria is dedicated to Seif and Adham Wanly.His work is collected by several Museums, including Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Darat AL Funoon in Amman, and the Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah.[2]
Price: 700 USD
Location: Menia
End Time: 2025-02-02T15:26:14.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year of Production: 1906
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Style: Expressionism, Impressionism
Material: Paper
Subject: Landscape
