02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Anna Boghiguian's Alexandria , with Footnotes, #69

Anna Boghiguian, B. 1947, EGYPTIAN

ALEXANDRIA, JUNE - SEPT.

Oil on canvas

50 by 50cm.; 19 5/8 by 19 5/8 in.

Private Collection

Alexandria is a Mediterranean port city in Egypt. Founded in c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt's capital. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria that ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the storied Library of Alexandria. Today, the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum. Called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" by locals, Alexandria is a popular tourist destination and an important industrial centre due to its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. More on Alexandria

Anna Boghiguian, B. 1947, EGYPTIAN

RAMLEH, JUNE - SEPT.

Oil on canvas,

50 by 50cm.; 19 5/8 by 19 5/8 in.

Private Collection

Ramleh is a suburb of Alexandria. 

Anna Boghiguian, B. 1947, EGYPTIAN. Born in Cairo, Egypt in 1946, Anna Boghiguian studied art and music at the Concordia University in Montreal and political science and economics at the American University in Cairo. Throughout her travels the artist developed an intimate visual diary, drawing and colouring her surroundings assimilated with text, poetry and sketches. Every image is marked with a different kind of dynamic, often spontaneous.

Anna Boghiguian has been widely exhibited in renowned institutions throughout the world since the late 1980s. Her works can be found in the permanent collections of Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany; Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, France; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, UAE; Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France and Musée Carre d'Art, Nîmes, France. More on Anna Boghiguian

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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Adham Wanly's The singer, with Footnotes, #68

Adham Wanly (Egyptian, 1908–1959)

The singer , c. 1952

Oil on board

45.5 x 59 cm. (17.9 x 23.2 in.)

Private Collection

Adham Wanly (1908 in Alexandria, Egypt – 1959) was a painter who learnt in the atelier of the Italian Otorino Becchi 1932, then set up his own atelier with his brother Seif Wanly (above), and participated in many local and international exhibition specially Venice, São Paulo (Brasil), Alexandria Biennale.

The Museum of Modern Art in Alexandria displays many of his paintings. The artist is mostly famous for recording the life of the theater and circus. He specialized in the ballet and opera that is featured in the Cairo Opera House and the Theatre Mohamed Ali in Alexandria. The paintings render the stage lights and movements of the people involved and he is able to express the light and agility in various ways. He had a talent in caricature in which he used in mockery of himself and the people of his time. There is now a museum in his memory. More on Adham Wanly

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