Lotfy El Tanbouli 1919-1982 *     

Held 13 individual exhibitions from 1946 to 1981.

Participated in the collective exhibitions from 1964 to 1978.

He obtained a state fellowship from the ministry of culture 1980-1981.

Founder member at the Syndicate of Plastic Artists.

The first Egyptian to preside the publication section at the center of Documentation on Ancient Egypt.

He was appointed as a resident archaeologist during the transferring of the two temples of Abu Simbel.

He organized the first Negro festival in Dakar.

He organized the African art festival in Lagos.

He organized the exhibition of Ramses the second in Paris.

He organized the ancient Egyptian queens and Kings exhibition in Japan.

He organized the Egyptian section of the military museum in Cairo and Port Said.

1-The complete scientific publication collection: >the small temple of Abu Simbel< two parts.

2-The scientific collection of the temples: Garf Hussein Temple, the second, the third and the fourth parts.

3-The scientific booklets collection: dresses in ancient Egypt, Abu Simbel Temple, Kalabsha Temple and Garf Hussein Temple.

4- He wrote the scientific text of the catalogue of the ancient Egyptian queens and kings in Japan. He wrote the scientific text of the military museum.

5- unpublished works, in the Center of Documentation:

The great temple of Abu Simbel.

The Garf Hussein temple vol. V & VI.

The Tomb of Khaemhat vol. I & II

El-Derr Temple vol. II.

Landscape in Old Kingdom.

After he passed away, the Polish Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the Egyptian Cultural Counselor, organized a roaming exhibition for his works in four touristic cities.

In December 1982 the ministry of culture inaugurated a retrospective exhibition of the great artist Lotfy El Tanbouli at the art collective center in Zamalek.

In May 1983, President Hosny Mubarak awarded him the science and art medal, first rank.

In March 1984, the Cairo governmental Council named a street after him in Nasr City.

In November 1985, the National Cinema Center presented a screening of a documentary film about the works of the artist Lotfy El Tanbouli entitled: «from Alexandria to El-Nuba», at the International Egyptian Cinema Festival.

In April 1992, the ministry of culture held an exhibition for his works on the occasion of his tenth anniversary at the Cairo Opera House.

Lotfy El Tanbouli

(*) The Egyptian Centre for International Cultural Cooperation