Born in 1913 in Alexandria, Mahmoud Moussa started his career independently instead of being affiliated with any specific artistic group. He attended evening classes provided by the Société des Amis de l’ Art ran by Mahmoud Said, and later, he trained under the supervision of the sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar. In 1957, Moussa held the position of teacher at the Department of Sculpture at the Faculty of Fines Art, Alexandria. The experience that he had with Mahmoud Mokhtar certainly predisposed the artist to find his primary source of inspiration from the Ancient Egyptian art and to follow the dynamics of the Neo-Pharaonism movement. Using materials like granite, marble, or even terracotta, he executed pieces that reminded of the sculptural practice during Antiquity and represented folk-life featuring working-class people or peasants from the countryside, considered to be the symbols of modern Egypt. Mahmoud Moussa passed away in 2003.

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