George Abdel Masieh Al-Bahgoury
Personal Data     Fame Name : George Al-Bahgoury Birth date : 13/12/1932 Place of birth : Luxor Activities : Painting
Education
- Diploma in Fine Arts - Cairo 1955 - Biekar Studio - Painting Department . - School of Fine Arts - Paris 1969 - Yankiel Studio - France.
Jobs
- Practice caricature in Roselyoussef and Sabah Al-Khier magazines from 1953 till 1975 - Cairo .
Places of interest
- Luxor . - Monuf . - Cairo . - Paris since 1975 .
Solo shows
- Staged many Solo exhibitions in Egypt and abroad around 100 exhibition all over the world . - At Fine Arts Gallery 1973 - Cairo . - At Al-Mashrabia Gallery 1988 - Cairo . - At Al-Mashrabia Gallery 1996 - Cairo . - At Khan Al-Maghraby Gallery 1996 - Cairo . - At Arabesque Gallery 1999 . - At Bicaso Gallery 2000 - Cairo . - Exhibition entitle` Bahgoury Cafe` - Bicaso Gallery 2005 . - At Nahdet Misr Gallery - Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum 2007 . - At Bicaso Gallery - Zamalek 2007 .
Local exhibitions
- 15th Spring exhibition 1976 - Cairo . - 1st Exhibition of Press illustrations - Palace of Arts , March 2004 . - 29th National exhibition of Fine Arts 2005 . - Exhibition ` Ramdaniat` at Salama Gallery - Mohandessen 2006 . - 1st Festival of Fine Creation ` General exhibition and 1st Fine Art Fair` 2007 . - Exhibition ` Art and Grant` - Al-Oruba Rotary Club 2007 . - Festival of Sketchs and Mini tableaus - Shadecor Gallery - Heliopolis 2008 . - Caricature exhibition at Mahmoud Saeed Center of Museums - Alexandria 2008 . - 1st Festival of Fine Creation (30th General exhibition and 1st Fine Art Fair) 2007 . - 2nd Festival of Fine Creation (31st General exhibition) 2008 .
International exhibitions
- Exhibition of the Contemporary Arab Art - Tunisia 1984 . - Venicia Biennale - Italy 1966 . - Arab exhibition in Iraq . - Alexandria Biennale 1965 - Egypt . - Exhibition of the Contemporary Art - Sudan 1977 . - Participated in exhibitions in Jordan , Morocco , Tunisia , Finland , Germany , United States and France - Yatrudomary Gallery - 2nd International Biennale of Book Fancy - Alexandria Library 2005 . - Exhibition ` Egyptian Smiles` - 18th Gabrufu Biennale - Belguria , May 2007 . - 13th Aswan International Symposium of Sculpture 2008 .
Publications and activities
- Books ` Port Said 65 - Sadat 80 - Paris 1990 . - Novel ` trilogy of icon` blessed by three critics Prof/ Ali Al-Raay , Edward Al-Kharat , Prof/ Salah Fadl .
International recognition
- Honory prize of comic strip in Damscus1979 - Syria . - Prize of Caricature from Spain for Franco Characater , its value 12000 $ and Golden Jewelry . - Prize from Italy Biennale of Caricature 1978 .
Private collection
- In Egypt embassy in England and France .
State collection
- Museum of the Modern Egyptian Art - Cairo . - Loumansi Museum - France . - Al-Shouna Museum - ALexandria . - Museum of the Modern Art - Amman .