SHIPYARD
signed in Arabic Fouad Tag lower right
oil on board
61.5 x 70cm; 24 1/4 x 27 1/2in
(unframed)

Property from a Private Collection, London

Provenance
Collection of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi
Acquired from the above in 2013 by the present owner

Fouad Tag was born in Tanta, Egypt and graduated from the Cairo Faculty of Fine Arts in 1958. He worked as a journalist and illustrator from 1957 to 1966.

Under the guidance of Kamel Moustafa, he acquired his artistic knowledge and practice, notably in the skills of painting restoration and portraiture.

He moved to Italy after being awarded a scholarship to the Faculty of Fine Arts in Rome, from which he obtained a diploma in painting in 1970. He subsequently taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria, where he became Director of the Painting Department.

Alexandria was an important place for his artistic career, receiving first prize at its Biennials in 1962 and 1967. He exhibited his work at the fourth Paris Biennial of Youth, two of the Venice Biennales and three of the Sao Paulo, Brazil Biennials.

Within his extensive experimentation of media, muralism became representative of his artistic practices and his murals can be found in residences, palaces and churches, such as St. George's Church, Sporting, Alexandria.