The 2015 Summer Collection of the Safarkhan Gallery, part of which was covered last week, includes work by both late and contemporary artists who hail from different generations: Al-Hussein Fawzi, Tahia Halim, Injy Aflaton, Mohamed Ismail, Zahra Aflaton, Farouk Hosni, Ahmed Shiha, Ahmed Nawwar, Sarkis Tossonian, Mahmoud Afifi and Sabah Naaim. For years now the gallery has adopted a unique dual role reminding people of forgotten artists as well as introducing fresh talent. Al-Hussein Fawzi (1905-1999) enrolled in the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1922 and graduated in 1926. In 1929, he participated in a major competition that gathered together 60 artists, in which his work received first prize. In the same year he was granted a scholarship to study in France, where he studied graphic, painting and decoration, obtaining a diploma in graphic from the Ecole de Estienne print school in Paris in 1932. He also received a diploma from the High School of Arts and Decoration in Paris in 1933. He also studied painting at the High School of Fine Arts in Paris under Fougerat, graduating in 1933. Fawzi established the Faculty of Fine Arts graphic department, making his name as a graphics pioneer. He was the first to produce linoleum engraving and managed to express the values of ancient Egyptian art in a modern style. He also depicted Egypt's Fatimid and Ayoubid mosques on canvas using aquarelle. Many of his works are now part of state heritage. The exhibition runs through the end of September.
