MAHMOUD SAID, 1897-1964, Egyptian
LE PIRÉE A L'AUBE/ PIRAEUS AT DAWN, c. 1949
Oil on board
46 by 66 cm.; 18⅛ by 26 in.
Private collection
Mahmoud Said, 1897-1964, EGYPTIAN. Born into a wealthy Alexandrian family, Mahmoud Said first studied
jurisprudence at the French School of Law in Cairo in the 1910s. During his
studies, he became interested in painting, and joined the studios of Italian
painters Amelia Casonato da Forno and Arturo Zanieri, before travelling to
France to study in Paris, briefly at the Académie Julian. Though he worked for
almost thirty years as a lawyer and then a judge, he continued to paint in his
free time until he quit law in the late 1940s and devoted himself to art
completely. He is considered the foremost painter of the ‘Pioneer’ generation
of Egyptian artists, renowned for his bold, richly coloured portraits, nudes,
and landscapes. He painted continuously until his death in 1964.
Said’s works are housed in private and
public collections including Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha; Museum of
Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo; Mahmoud Said Museum, Alexandria, and Ministry of
Culture, Egypt. More
on Mahmoud Said
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