Abdel Ghaffar Shedid, (Egypt, born 1938)

Nubian Girl

Nubian Girl
oil on panel, framed
signed and dated "64" (lower left) in Arabic, executed in 1964
50 x 60cm (19 11/16 x 23 5/8in).

Provenance:
Property from the Artist's Estate

Abd El-Ghaffar Shedid was born in 1938 in Cairo where he still lives and works. He has a PhD in Ancient Egyptian Art History from Helwan University, Cairo. He is a Lecturer at the Department of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, founder and head of the Art History Department, and recently has become a Lecturer in Art History and Painting at the American University in Cairo.

His paintings are mainly concerned with figurative interpretations of daily Egyptian life.