{"id":2975,"date":"2020-07-27T04:31:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T01:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldinstamps.com\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2020-07-27T04:47:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T01:47:52","slug":"egypt-1991-mahmoud-mukhtar-sculptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldinstamps.com\/?p=2975","title":{"rendered":"Mahmoud Mukhtar Egyptian sculptor &#8211; Egypt 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2975\" class=\"elementor elementor-2975\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c26c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c26c94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fceedd5\" data-id=\"fceedd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-befa019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"befa019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:right;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Mahmoud Mukhtar, Egyptian sculptor (1891-1934) is one of most famous Egyptian sculptors in the 20th century. He is considered the father of modern Egyptian and Arab sculpture.<\/p><p>Son of the mayor of a small village in the Nile Delta, he grew-up in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo\">Cairo<\/a>. Early in his childhood, Mukhtar started making sculptures out of mud near the canal. In 1908, He was among the first batch of students of the newly founded <a href=\"http:\/\/facultyoffinearts.com\/en\">Egyptian School of Fine Arts<\/a> . The professors detected very early the talent of Mahmoud Mukhtar in sculpture and assigned him a special atelier within the school. He started sculpting scenes inspired by Egyptian peasant and city life.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2978\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Egypt-1991-YT1432.png?resize=640%2C395\" alt=\"Mahmoud Mukhtar - Sculptor\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egypt-1991-YT1432 &#8211; Mahmoud Mukhtar &#8211; Sculptor<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Egyptian prince, Kamal Youssef, a major sponsor of the institute at the time, remarked Mukhtar\u2019s talent. He decided to send him to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89cole_des_Beaux-Arts\">Ecole des Beaux Arts<\/a> in Paris\u00a0to continue his education under the supervision of prominent artists.<\/p><p>During his studies in Paris, Mahmoud Mukhtar became a committed nationalist and used his art to support the Egyptian national movement. In 1919, in the middle of the Egyptian revolution against the British occupation, he sculpted his masterpiece, \u201cThe Renaissance of Egypt\u201d. With the miniature of this statue, he won the gold medal at the annual French Artists Exhibition held in the \u201cGrand Palais\u201d in 1920.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2985\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Nahdet_masr-256x300.jpg?resize=256%2C300\" alt=\"Mahmoud Mukhtar - Eypt's Renaissance\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahmoud Mukhtar &#8211; Eypt&#8217;s Renaissance<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Mukhtar was the first Arab artist to display his artwork at an international exhibition in Paris. \u00a0His art was respected and appreciated by the official French circles in the artistic field. He also enjoyed a large notoriety and respect among Egyptian people. Between 1928 and 1930, he sculpted two statues of the Egyptian national leader <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saad_Zaghloul\">Saad Zaghloul<\/a> exposed in Cairo and Alexandria.<\/p><p>Mahmoud Mukhtar contributed to the development of the study and the renaissance of the Higher Fine Arts School, as well as its participation in the selection of talented people in sculpture art in order to send them on scholarships abroad.<\/p><p>In 1938, four years after his death, the Egyptian government decided to create a <a href=\"http:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContent\/8\/27\/276591\/Travel\/News\/Exploring-Cairo-Modernist-Egyptian-art-at-the-Mahm.aspx\">museum for Mahmoud Mukhtar<\/a> artwork. The conditions of the Second World War delayed the opening of the Museum. It was finally opened in <a href=\"https:\/\/theworldinstamps.com\/?p=2902\">July 1952 after the revolution of the free officers<\/a>. The Museum, located in Tahrir square \u00a0houses more than 170 items related to the artist including \u00a085 bronze, stone, basalt, marble, granite and plaster works.<\/p><p>In 1991, Egypt issued a stamp with the portrait of the artist and two of his sculptures.<\/p><p>Catalog reference: Yvert &amp; Tellier 1432<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahmoud Mukhtar,  Egyptian sculptor (1891-1934). 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