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Ramses Younan

Ramses Younan (1913 - 1966) was active/lived in Egypt.  Ramses Younan is known for Painting.

Raised in al-Minya in Upper Egypt, Ramses Younan studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cairo (1929-1933), before working as an art teacher in secondary schools in Cairo. From 1933 to 1938 Younan was a regular exhibitor at the Salon du Caire, the group exhibitions sponsored by the Friends of the Fine Arts Society.

Abstract, painted in 1964, builds on the new-found style he developed in Paris, which cemented his reputation at his first solo show there in 1948.

Younan returned to Cairo following his dismissal by the French Broadcasting services for refusing to denounce the Egyptian government over the Suez crisis in 1957. He was instrumental in introducing the concept of Abstraction to Egypt in his 1958 Cairo show Toward the Unknown. In Younan's words, 'True Egyptian art will not exist unless our past heritage is allowed to react with international heritage: only that will lead us to establish a foundation for our modern art. Therefore, we should not fear   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1198 characters.]  Artist bio

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