Seif Waly, 1906-1979, Egyptian
ALEXANDRIA BEACH, c. 1959
Oil on celotex
42.5 by 70.5 cm.; 16¾ by 27¾ in.
Private collection
Seif Waly (March 31, 1906 – February 15, 1979) was an Egyptian painter, born Mohammed Seif
al-Din Waly into an aristocratic family, of Turkish origin, in Alexandria,
Egypt. He was introduced to modern art after studying at the studio of the
Italian artist Otorino Becchi. In 1942 he set up his own studio with his
brother Adham
Wanly (below) and together they
participated in more than 17 exhibitions, notably in the Biennale of Venice and
in São Paulo, Brazil. 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.
He died in 1979 at Stockholm at age of 72. More on Seif Waly
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