Rare artworks found in Egypt Museum
A number of rare paintings of some Egyptian veteran artists have been discovered in the Egyptian Museum of Civilization in the capital city Cairo.
According to Reuters, about 222 works consisting of books, maps and newspapers were found by the workers renovating the museum.
Egyptian officials claim that the paintings belong to the country’s former royal family, before Egypt’s monarchy was collapsed in 1952.
"We found a huge number of artworks from the most popular artists like Hussein Fawzi, Mofeed Gayd and Kamel Mustafa," said Ashraf Reda, Cultural Ministry official.
He noted that artists like Fawzi illustrated Egypt’s contemporary art movement in the 20th century, which flourished under King Farouq I and his father King Fuad I.
"The artworks represent Orientalists, realist artists and the new classic art," said Tarek Ma’moun, the general manager of Egypt’s national museums.
The paintings were discovered about three weeks ago in a small cellar at the Egyptian Museum of Civilization, built in 1936 to document the Stone Age, ancient Egypt and the Coptic age.
The finds are to be put on show at the al-Jazeera museum, the house of royal collection.
Source: presstv.ir
