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Mahmoud Mokhtar
Sculptor, Visual Artist
1891 – 1934
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Who was Mahmoud Mokhtar?
Mahmoud Mukhtar was an Egyptian sculptor. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cairo upon its opening in 1908 by Prince Yusuf Kamal[1], and was part of the original "Pioneers" of the Egyptian Art movement. Despite his early death, he greatly impacted the realization and formation of contemporary Egyptian art. His work is credited with signaling the beginning of the Egyptian modernist movement, and he is often referred to as the father of modern Egyptian sculpture.
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- Born
- May 10, 1891
Kültepe - Parents
- Ethnicity
- Egyptians
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Profession
- Education
- École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
(1911 - )
- École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
- Lived in
- Cairo
- Died
- Mar 28, 1934
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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