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Mahmoud Said Bey (Arabic: محمود سعيد) (April 8, 1897 – April 8, 1964) was an Alexandrian judge and modern painter. Mahmoud Said was born in Alexandria, Egypt; his father, Muhammad Said Pasha, was of Turkish origin and was the former Prime Minister of Egypt.
- Egyptian
- April 8, 1897
- Alexandria, Egypt
- April 8, 1964
Mahmoud Said Bey ( Arabic: محمود سعيد) (April 8, 1897 – April 8, 1964) was an Alexandrian judge and modern painter.
Mahmoud Said. Born on 8 April 1897 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 8 April 1964 in Alexandria, Egypt. Biography . Though Mahmoud Said never worked as a professional artist, his paintings of the cosmopolitan community of his northern port city are central to the history of modern art in Egypt.
Mahmoud Saïd is the only Arab artist to date to have three paintings selling for more than $1 million at auction. Given the limited number of his works that come to market, the Alexandrian master remains one of the most sought-after modern Arab artists.
Mahmoud Said created a harmonious world that stretched conventional paradigms of representation to their limits and imbued standard depictions with magic, a practice that confused the audience of that time and marked the transition from a colonial to a post-colonial art-making.
Mahmoud Saïd is rightly considered as the founder of Modern Egyptian Painting. Born into the aristocratic circle of Alexandria, he was the son of former Egyptian Prime Minister Mohamed Saïd Pacha (1863-1928), and the uncle of Queen Farida of Egypt (1921-1988).
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Mahmoud Said (1897-1964), La Femme au Collier de Perle, 1953, oil on silotex, 50 x 60cm. Said’s oeuvre undeniably paved the way for a national identity that could be rooted in Modern Egyptian art. He stands, according to Safarkhan founder Sherwet Shafei, as Egypt's most significant Modernist pioneer. Born in Alexandria on April 8, 1897, to an ...
