Nationality Egyptians Artwork The Circus World Known for Painting | Role Painter Name Seif Wanly Siblings Adham Wanly | |
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Born March 31, 1906 ( 1906-03-31 ) Alexandria, Egypt Awards Egyptian State Merit Award (1973) | ||
seif wanly , سيف وانلي
Mohammed Seif al-Din Waly, most commonly referred to simply as Seif Waly (Egyptian Arabic: سيف والي) (March 31, 1906 – February 15, 1979) was an Egyptian painter.
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Early life and career
Wanly was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1906 into an aristocratic family of Turkish origin.
He introduced modern art to Egypt after studying at the studio of the Italian artist Otorino Becchi. In 1942 he set up his own studio with his brother Adham Wanly and together they participated in more than 17 exhibitions, notably in the Biennale of Venice and in São Paulo, Brazil. Today an entire floor of the Mahmoud Said Museum in Alexandria is dedicated to Seif and Adham Wanly.
His work is collected by several Museums, including Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Darat AL Funoon in Amman.
Personal life
He died in 1979 at Stockholm at age of 72.
Commemorations
In 2015, Google Doodle commemorated his 109th birthday.