Youssef Kamel

Youssef Kamel was an Egyptian painter associated with the pioneering generation of modern Egyptian art. After joining Cairo’s School of Fine Arts in 1908 and graduating in 1911, he studied in Rome on a 1925 scholarship. His impressionist landscapes often depict the Egyptian countryside, old Cairo, and popular urban scenes; he later taught painting and directed Cairo’s School of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1953.