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Item Ships From: Africa
"Expectation I" Oil Painting 39" x 61" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Expectation I" Oil Painting 39" x 61" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for himself in the loca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"India III" Painting 16" x 20" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"India III" Painting 16" x 20" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1973 he moved to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Abstract Composition" Abstract Painting 12" x 18" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Abstract Painting 12" x 18" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1987
Signed and Dated
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 193...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Foliage" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Foliage" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
"Derviche II” Figurative Painting 31" x 31" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Derviche II” Figurative Painting 31" x 31" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism.
Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again.
The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty.
Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016
Safar Khan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
"Japanese Vista I" Landscape Painting 8" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Japanese Vista I" Landscape Painting 8" x 12" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gener...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Black Robe” Portrait Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Robe” Portrait Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Le Chat II" Oil Painting 20" x 17" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Le Chat II" Oil Painting 20" x 17" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a r...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled 102" Abstract Painting 31" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 102" Abstract Painting 31" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Still Life with Yarn" (FRAMED) Still Life Painting 16" x 16" in by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Still Life with Yarn" (FRAMED) Still Life Painting 16" x 16" in by Ahmed Saber
ink on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist base...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Abstract Visage II" Figurative Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage II" Figurative Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Moses" Figurative Oil Painting 51" x 83" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moses" Figurative Oil Painting 51" x 83" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cactus in Crimson II" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus in Crimson II" Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nativity Process" Water Colors
Pencils on Paper 19" x 12" inch by Ragheb Ayad
By Ragheb Ayad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nativity Procession" Water Colors & Pencils on Paper 19" x 12" inch by Ragheb Ayad
signed & dated
Water Colors & Pencils on Paper
Ragheb Ayad was born i...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"Song of Peace" Figurative Painting 13 x 9 in (circa1980) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Song of Peace" Figurative Painting 13 x 9 in (circa1980) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Song of Peace
Ink on Paper
Come in black frame
Circa 1980
Signed. Not dated.
The selection of Abd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Alpine Village II" Pastel Painting 9" x 12" in (1975) by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village II" Pastel Painting 9" x 12" in (1975) by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Bathing Nude III" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bathing Nude III" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Signed and dated 1959
A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal:
Wit...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Cactus in Blue" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus in Blue" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
Oil on canvas.
Signed by the Artist.
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bathing Nude I" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bathing Nude I" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Signed and dated 1959
A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal:
With ...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"India I" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 21" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"India I" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 21" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 19...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Hilltop" Mixed Media Landscape Painting 8" x 12" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hilltop" Mixed Media Landscape Painting 8" x 12" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Parodia Magnifica" Still Life Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Parodia Magnifica" Still Life Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
Signed by the artist
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his child...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lady in Waiting II" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lady in Waiting II" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fear 1" Figurative Painting 15" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fear 1" Figurative Painting 15" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
Color Pencil and Acrylic on Paper.
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist bas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Asceticism" Figurative Painting 16" x 30" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Asceticism" Figurative Painting 16" x 30" inch by Ahmed Saber
Color Pencil and Acrylic on Paper.
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper Egypt,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Fayoum Lake Miniature II" Landscape Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Lake Miniature II" Landscape Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
Supplications I - Contemporary Figurative Spiritual Painting
Located in Boston, MA
A World in Her Hand
48.0 x 48.0 x 1.5, 3.0 lbs
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"'Supplication' is a series of artworks that delve into the complex interplay between humanity and the divine. The series explores the universal theme of earnestly seeking assistance, guidance, or solace from a higher power. Each piece encapsulates the raw emotions of vulnerability, humility, and reliance on the unseen forces that shape our lives. Whether through abstract symbolism or intricate representations."
About the Artist:
Esther Oyeyemi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Budding Bonds - Contemporary Figurative Childhood Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Budding Bonds
16.0 x 20.0 x 1.5, 2.0 lbs
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Budding bond In this heartfelt artwork, I portrayed two little girls kneel on a lush carpet of grass, their eyes filled with innocence and wonder. With hands joined together, they delicately cradle a vibrant bunch of flowers, their shared treasure. The soft sunlight filtering through the foliage create a serene scene, capturing the beauty of childhood friendship and the simple joy found in nature's gifts. The artwork encapsulates a moment of unity and discovery as the two girls bond over the delicate beauty of the flowers they hold."
About the Artist:
Esther Oyeyemi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"La Petite Fille Orange" Portrait Painting 25 x 25 in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Petite Fille Orange" Portrait Painting 25 x 25 in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Nile Roses Miniature" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nile Roses Miniature" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Pharaoh Group" Oil Painting 13" x 17" inch (1955) by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pharaoh Group" Oil Painting 13" x 17" inch (1955) by Shaaban Zaki
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he was distinguished f...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Self Portrait II" Portrait Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Self Portrait II" Portrait Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La Femme en Gris" Portrait Painting 25"x25"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Femme en Gris" Portrait Painting 25"x25"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She generally ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
“la Belle au Drapé Jaune” Figurative Painting 79x39in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
“la Belle au Drapé Jaune” Figurative Painting 79x39in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Mixed Media with Glass Frame
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism.
Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again.
The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty.
Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016
Safar Khan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
Fowl Guardian - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Osman Salifu
1992 - Current
Fowl Guardian, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
97.8 x 73.7 cm
38 1/2 x 29 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Les Pecheurs” Landscape Oil Painting 5" x 8" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Les Pecheurs” Landscape Oil Painting 5" x 8" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Muna mama - Painting, Pen and Acrylic on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Jules Disso
Muna mama, 2022
Ball pen and acrylic on canvas
50 x 60 cm
19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
"Caesar" (FRAMED) Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Caesar" (FRAMED) Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of the Av...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Minaret" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Minaret" Painting 43" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas are captured with a cultured palett...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Abstract Visage VI" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage VI" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fayoum Lake Miniature I" Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Lake Miniature I" Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Abstract Visage X" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage X" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cactus Miniature II" Oil Painting 12" x 10" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus Miniature II" Oil Painting 12" x 10" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his chil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Embracing" Abstract Painting 24" x 47" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Embracing" Abstract Painting 24" x 47" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Abstract Visage IV" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage IV" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Visage VIII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage VIII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Violet" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 32" inch by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Violet" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 32" inch by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the meticulous art of drapery which she adorns her demure female figures in. Her works capture the ideals of female empowerment, and the feminine traits of motherhood, sisterhood, intuition, compassion and grace, all of which her carefully created subjects embody.
Yousra Hafad is an Egyptian artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Macbeth Stagecraft II" Pastel on Paper 10" x 12" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
By Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Macbeth Stagecraft II" Pastel on Paper 10" x 12" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Saint” Figurative Oil Painting 53" x 27.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Saint” Figurative Oil Painting 53" x 27.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Arabian Nights" Figurative Painting 9" x 12" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Arabian Nights" Figurative Painting 9" x 12" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Emancipation, 1991
Ink on Paper.
Signed & dated
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Abd Elmalak’s diverse portfolio exemplifies not only his versatility, but perhaps even more importantly his unique ability to blend the conventional and unconventional in thoughtful harmony, which esteemed Modernist and author Hussein Bicar (1913-2002) deemed a “highly intelligent duality between the kinetics of the universe and its stillness.”
The selection of Abd Elmalak’s drawings is reflective of a compositional method that is based on free-flowing and distinct lines and contours that he uses to amalgamate caricature-Esque female figures with monuments and landmarks from his travels, script, animals, and natural elements into interconnected and unified tapestries. His selected paintings explore themes of entrapment, companionship, oppression, emancipation, and faith, which he explores and animate through his demure and virtuous women subjects...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Abstract Visage VII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage VII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
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A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Farmer" Portrait Oil Painting 16" x 12" inch by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Farmer" Portrait Oil Painting 16" x 12" inch by Shaaban Zaki
circa 1930
Signed.
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he was...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Abstract Visage V" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage V" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
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A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel 8" x 24" inch by Mohammed Ismail
By Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel 8" x 24" inch by Mohammed Ismail
1986
Signed and Dated
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993)
Dr. Mo...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
By Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Cactus in Beige" Oil Painting 27.5" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus in Beige" Oil Painting 27.5" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1973...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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