Mansour Ahmed

Egypt

www.mansourart.com
email: mansourart@gmail.com
Tel. 0122-369-8576

Biography

One of Egypt’s leading portrait and landscape painters in oil, pastels, and watercolor, Mansour has exhibited internationally in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Born in Cairo, Egypt, Mansour studied at the Egyptian Art College, Madrassa El Khoot El Arabia, and graduated with top honors from the American University of Cairo (AUC). He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions and maintains a permanent collection at his gallery: Mansour Gallery, 22 El Mansour St, El Lasilki, Maadi, Cairo.

In addition, Mansour is represented in many corporate, embassy, and private collections worldwide. Recently the Coca Cola Corporation commissioned 15 corporate paintings for their regional offices in Cairo, Egypt, and 5 were commissioned by the Oberoi Hotel chain. He is a member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Plastic Arts and the Cairo Art Guild. His work has been featured in The Egyptian Gazette, the Middle East Times, El Kwakeb, Ahram News, El Kzendreno (Italian Art Magazine), Nile TV, and Channel 1 TV, to name but a few.

His urge seems to be to express the essentials of human life and the world around him as it appears. The aim of Mansour’s paintings is to help people understand and love the Egyptian way of life more deeply, and to enrich their sense of the humanity and spirit. Mansour’s paintings of Egyptian scenes and character studies are like a passionate song of love for his beautiful land.

He is a virtuoso of color, spontaneous and elaborate, displaying sheer dexterity and manipulative skills. In every one of his paintings, be it oil, watercolor, or pastel, he shows his great sensitivity and sincerity towards life and nature. He is considered one of the most prominent painters in the Middle East and his work can be seen at www.mansourart.com.

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