Mahmoud Mokhtar

Mahmoud Mokhtar (Arabic: محمود مختار, DMG Mahmud Muhtar; born May 10, 1891 in Nesha in the Nile Delta region, † March 28, 1934 in Cairo ) was an Egyptian sculptor. Despite his early death, his influence on contemporary Egyptian art is extremely large. He is considered the father of modern Egyptian sculpture.

Mokhtar moved to Cairo in 1908, where he attended art school newly founded. In 1911 he received a scholarship to study in Paris at the École des Beaux -Arts. In France he became friends with members of the Wafd Party and was inspired by them to create a design of his famous statue, Nahdit Misr or "Egypt's Renaissance ", which was established in 1928 unveiled on Ramses Square, and today against the University of Cairo is bridge. Mokhtar, who learned many honors in Paris and Cairo, also created two monumental statues of Egyptian politician Saad Zaghlul Pasha (one in Alexandria and one in Cairo ). Other famous sculptures by him are the bearers of secrets, Isis and Chamasin.