Curriculum Vitae
 
Ramsis Yunan
 
Personal Data
   
Fame Name : Ramsis Yunan
Birth date : //1913
Place of birth : Menia
Date of death : 24/12/1966
Activities : Painting
 

 
Education
 
- joined the Fine Arts School in 1929- and was obliged to leave it - 1933.
- worked with his secondary education.
 
Jobs
 
- educated drawing and arts at the secondary schools until 1941.
- Editor in chief for `the New Magazine` paper- 1943.
- worked at the Arabic section at the French Radio- 1947- and then dedicated for art works.
- Head the Art Affairs- African and Asian Nations Organization- 1957: 1960.
 
Places of interest
 
- Paris.
- the Citadel .
- Port Said.
- Zagazig.
 
Solo shows
 
- solo exhibition in 1947.
- at Dragon Gallery- Paris- 1948.
- `Towards the Mystery`- Cairo- 1958.
- at the Egyptian Cultural Center- Paris- 1978.
- at the Egyptian Modern Art Museum- 1993.
- at Karim Francis Gallery- 1998.
 
Local exhibitions
 
- Cairo Salon - 1933 - 1938.
- the Art Propaganda Group Exhibition- 1939.
- Art and Liberty Group Exhibitions- 1940- 1947.
- participated in the latest exhibitions of Art and Liberty Group- Automatic Art.
- the Devtotion Scholarship Exhibition- 1961.
 
International exhibitions
 
- the Surrealists Exhibition- Brag- 1947.
- Sao Paolo Biennale- 1961.
- Belgrad Exhibition- 1962.
- Venice International Biennale- 1964.
- The Egyptian Contemporary Art Biennale- Galiera Museum- Paris- 1971.
- his works participated in the Egyptian Surrealists Exhibition parallel to Selvador Dale- 1995.
 
Scholarship
 
- a devotion scholarship from the Ministry of Culture.
 
Assignment
 
- Issued on 22nd December 1938- `Viva Mean Art` signed by 37 artist and poet.
- A pamphlet was issued in May 1998 on his commemoration- Passages Exhibition- Karim Francis Exhibition.
- was detained on July 11th 1946 during Ismail Sedky Pasha Rule, an was released after few weeks .
 
Publications and activities
 
- `Intention of Modern Drawing`- 1938.
- transalted `Calligo` for Alber Kamy- a chapter from `in hell` for Rambo- the First Love- the Modern Art Story, and formed with his friends Art and Liberty Group- 1939.
- he did many studies on art criticism.
- participated in forming a group called (Ganeh Al-Rammal).