George Bahgoury

George Al Bahgoury جورج البهجورى
Born 1932
Luxor, Egypt
Occupation Artist

George Abdel Masih Al Bahgoury or George Bahgoury جورج البهجورى is an Egyptian-French artist. An accomplished painter and sculptor, he is most famous as a caricaturist and political cartoonist.

Life and career

Bahgoury was born into a Coptic Christian family in Luxor, Upper Egypt in 1932. In 1953, he embarked on his career as a political cartoonist, a role that would see him featured in Sabah Al Khair and Rose El Youssef. In 1955, he studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek, Cairo, under the guidance of the Egyptian artist Hussein Bikar. In 1970, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. Soon thereafter, in 1975, he ceased publishing as a cartoonist.

A Silver Medalist for his painting "A Face from Egypt", Bahgoury's artwork has been widely displayed in galleries and museums, including the Louvre Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Amman, the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo, and the Al Masar Gallery for Contemporary Art in Zamalek, Cairo.

Exhibitions

Local Exhibitions
International Exhibitions
Solo Shows

Writings

Prizes

Collections

State collections
Private Collections

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