George Bahgory – is an Egyptian painter who creates cubist- style paintings that tap into the colorful history of Egyptian popular culture and heritage.
Beginning his career as a cartoonist in the late 1950s for a magazine called Rose El Youssef, Bahgory’s figurative style, sarcasm, and political awareness, and satire infiltrated his later transition to painting.
After completing a degree at Egypt’s Fine Arts Institute, Bahgory left his home country in the early 1970s to study at the Fine Arts Institute of Paris, where he lived for the following three decades. Receiving numerous prestigious awards, Bahgory has published six books, three of which were dedicated to art. Bahgory’s work has been showcased internationally, including in the Middle East and Europe.
(BARJEEL ART FOUNDATION)
