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AHMED SABRY AHMED SABRY

AHMED SABRY, Egypt (1889 - 1955)

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Born in 1889 in Cairo, Ahmed Sabry was one of the pioneers in the art of portraiture in Egypt. Orphaned at an early age, Sabri faced a problematic upbringing moving from one place to another. He...

Born in 1889 in Cairo, Ahmed Sabry was one of the pioneers in the art of portraiture in Egypt. Orphaned at an early age, Sabri faced a problematic upbringing moving from one place to another. He graduated in 1914 from the School of Fine Arts in Cairo, which was established by Prince Yousef Kamal in 1908. He traveled to Paris in 1919, where he enrolled at Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie Julian. He studied at the atelier of François Schommer training under Professor Paul Albert Laurens and painter Emmanuel Fougerat. Upon his return to Egypt, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture as an illustrator at the Entomology Department. Sabry later worked at the Ministry of Public Works, which granted him a scholarship to pursue further studies in painting in Paris. While in Paris, Sabry showed his iconic portrait, The Nun, at the Grand Palais in 1929, and the French Arts Society awarded him its Prix d'Honneur.  As an artist who had studied in Europe, Sabry was hired at the School of Fine Arts. He taught painting and headed the painting department until he retired in 1951. He was an esteemed teacher who nurtured the talents of several Egyptian artists such as Hussein Bicar, Salah Taher, and Hamed Owais. Sadly, the painter who had unveiled the beauty of numerous women, and highlighted the countenance of acclaimed men lost his sight a few years before his death in 1955 in Cairo.

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CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019

Stories of broken glass, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2017

The White Smoke, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2015

TheFifth District, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2013

Rhino Story, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2012

The true story of Mohannas’s death, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo,Egypt

2010

“Elbrens TV”, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

Summer Collection, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
Nights with Rodents, Arcade Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2017

The 8thCairo Video Festival – Video Art & Experimental films, Cairo, Egypt

2016

Downtown Contemporary Art Festival D-CAF, Cairo, Egypt

2015

A Season in Hell, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane, Embassy of Switzerland, Cairo, Egypt
Kitsch ou pas Kitsch?, Institut de Cultures d’Islam (Institute of Islamic Culture), Paris,France

2014

The 40thNational Arts Festival, Grahamstown, Makhanda, South Africa

2013

Roznama, Medrar Art Center for Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
Urban Visions, The GIZ office, Cairo, Egypt
Art and Freedom, Art Talk Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Elections, Darb 1718 Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt

2011

The 13thEdition of Rencontres de Bamako– African Biennale of Photography,Bamako, Mali
Cairo Visual Arts Exhibition – Documenta II, Cairo, Egypt

2010

Cairo Visual Arts Exhibition – Documenta II, Cairo, Egypt
Body Invisible Presents, Mawlawiyah Palace, Cairo, Egypt
End of the Season, Kermit Ben Hanne Center, Cairo, Egypt
Lift side, Kermit Ben Hanne Center, Cairo, Egypt
Elbrens TV, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
Twenty, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
Creativity Keys, Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace, Museum of Islamic Ceramics, Cairo,Egypt 

2008

Youth Salon, Art Palace, Cairo, Egypt
The International Media Art Forum for Youth (IMAFY), Cairo, Egypt

2007

Artist Book Biennial, Alexandria, Egypt

2004

The 1stDrawing Salon, Algezira Center, Cairo, Egypt

2002

Youth Salon, Art Palace, Cairo, Egypt 

1991

Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo, Egypt

1929

The Salon d’Automne Art Exhibition, Paris, France

Awards and Honors

1929

The Golden Medal Award at the Paris International Salon d’Automne
The Honor Award from the French Society of Artists (Sociéte des artistes Français),Paris, France

Collections

Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
The Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo, Egypt

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Videos
THE NUDE Part 1 Divinity
THE NUDE Part 2 Sexuality
THE NUDE: BETWEEN DIVINITY, SEXUALITY, AND CONFLICT
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Exhibitions
TOO EARLY TOO LATE
Nostalgia

AHMED SABRY Artwork

Nude on the Beach

AHMED SABRY, Egypt, N.D.

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