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At an exhibition in London, these portraits drew large crowds. In the following year, Petrie continued excavations at the same location but now suffered from the competition of a German and an Egyptian art dealer. Petrie returned in the winter of 1910–11 and excavated a further 70 portrait mummies, some of them quite badly preserved. [7]
Maha Maamoun (born 1972), American-born Egyptian video artist and photographer, curator; Naglaa Mahfouz (born 1959), writer, editor, artist; Deena Mohamed (born c. 1995), graphic designer, graphic novelist, illustrator
Inji Aflatoun (Arabic: إنجي أفلاطون; 16 April 1924 – 17 April 1989 [1]) was an Egyptian painter and activist in the women's movement.She was a "leading spokeswoman for the Marxist-progressive-nationalist-feminist movement in the late 1940s and 1950s", [2] as well as a "pioneer of modern Egyptian art" [3] and "one of the important Egyptian visual artists".
According to David Silverman, the bust reflects the classical Egyptian art style, deviating from the "eccentricities" of the Amarna art style, which was developed in Akhenaten's reign. The exact function of the bust is unknown, though it is theorized that the bust may be a sculptor's modello to be used as a basis for other official portraits ...
Gemiem-hat an official in early Middle Kingdom Herishefhotep an official in early Middle kingdom of ancient Egypt. Idealism apparent in ancient Egyptian art in general and specifically in portraiture was employed by choice, not as a result of lack of proficiency or talent. This is evident in the detailed and realistic depiction of birds and ...
Daria Gamsaragan (1907–1986), Egyptian-born Armenian sculptor, novelist; Hussein El Gebaly (1934–2014), painter; Habib Gorgi (1892–1965), landscape painter; Sherin Guirguis (born 1974), contemporary artist
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Egyptian Revival art is a style in Western art, mainly of the early nineteenth century, in which Egyptian motifs were applied to a wide variety of decorative arts objects. It was underground in American decorative arts throughout the nineteenth century, continuing into the 1920s.