Hamed Ewais (1919 - 2011) - photo 1

Hamed Ewais

Hamed Ewais is an egyptian artist. Ewais graduated from the Cairo’s School of Fine Arts in 1944, later he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, returning to teach at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria. Ewais was of the founders of the Group of Modern Art in 1947 along with several artists. In 1956, he was awarded the Guggenheim International Prize. Influenced by key figures of Mexican muralism such as Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Ewais chose to work in an aesthetic style that reflected his socialist political leanings. As one of Egypt’s leading social realist painters, Ewais highlighted the plight of the country’s working class and was a proponent of Nasser’s Pan Arab movement.

Barjeel Art Foundation

Date and place of birt:1919, Egypt
Date and place of death:2011, Egypt
Nationality:Egypt
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Genre art, Portrait
Art style:Realism, Socialist realism
Technique:Gouache, Oil, Oil on canvas

Creators Egypt

Youssef Nabil (1972)
Youssef Nabil
1972
Nicos Nicolaides (1884 - 1956)
Nicos Nicolaides
1884 - 1956
James Lee Byars (1932 - 1997)
James Lee Byars
1932 - 1997
Gazbia Sirry (1925 - 2021)
Gazbia Sirry
1925 - 2021
Paolo Tilche (1925 - 2002)
Paolo Tilche
1925 - 2002
Farouk Hosny (1938)
Farouk Hosny
1938
Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray (1820 - 1884)
Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray
1820 - 1884
Ghada Amer (1963)
Ghada Amer
1963
Salah Taher (1911 - 2007)
Salah Taher
1911 - 2007
Adam Henein (1929 - 2020)
Adam Henein
1929 - 2020
Zeinab Abd al-Hamid (1919 - 2002)
Zeinab Abd al-Hamid
1919 - 2002
Thomas Seddon (1828 - 1856)
Thomas Seddon
1828 - 1856
Constantin Xenakis (1931 - 2020)
Constantin Xenakis
1931 - 2020
Konstantinos Parthenis (1878 - 1967)
Konstantinos Parthenis
1878 - 1967
Khaled Hafez (1963)
Khaled Hafez
1963
Susan Hefuna (1962)
Susan Hefuna
1962

Creators Realism

Aloys Zötl (1803 - 1887)
Aloys Zötl
1803 - 1887
Auguste Pointelin (1839 - 1933)
Auguste Pointelin
1839 - 1933
Michael Satarov (1963)
Michael Satarov
1963
Carsten Henrichsen (1824 - 1897)
Carsten Henrichsen
1824 - 1897
Noel Rockmore (Montgomery) (1928 - 1995)
Noel Rockmore (Montgomery)
1928 - 1995
Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828 - 1904)
Robert Alexander Hillingford
1828 - 1904
Arthur Boyd Houghton Houghton (1836 - 1874)
Arthur Boyd Houghton Houghton
1836 - 1874
Achille Etna Michallon (1796 - 1822)
Achille Etna Michallon
1796 - 1822
Julien Caussé (1869 - 1914)
Julien Caussé
1869 - 1914
Alphonse Lalauze (1872 - 1941)
Alphonse Lalauze
1872 - 1941
Aminadav Moiseyevich Kanevsky (1898 - 1976)
Aminadav Moiseyevich Kanevsky
1898 - 1976
Ernst Kreidolf (1863 - 1956)
Ernst Kreidolf
1863 - 1956
Grigoriy Grigorievich Myasoyedov (1834 - 1911)
Grigoriy Grigorievich Myasoyedov
1834 - 1911
Robert Henze (1827 - 1906)
Robert Henze
1827 - 1906
Otto Stieffel (1887 - 1952)
Otto Stieffel
1887 - 1952
Annette Messager (1943)
Annette Messager
1943
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