A rare exhibition for artwork produced by Polish soldiers in Egypt in World War II

A rare exhibition for artwork produced by Polish soldiers in Egypt in World War II

The Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria hosts an artistic event that enjoys scarcity, quality and suspense represented by the art exhibition “Poland artists recruited in Egypt between 1941-1946”, the exhibition that precedes a press conference opens at three afternoon today, Monday, November 21, in the presence of Mr. Yarroslov, the deputy The first for the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, Mr. Michael Labanda, Ambassador of the Poland Republic in Cairo, Dr.

Ali Saeed, director of the museum and deputy for Professor Dr. Khaled Sorour, Head of the Fine Arts Sector, and the exhibition sheds light on nine artworks that were completely unknown to four Polish artists recruited in World War II carrying Some of them are a documentary character of some of the Alexandria neighborhoods in the thirties and forties of the last century.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria has a lot in its possession, as it is a mini image of Alexandria, the Cosmopolitan city, the multi -culture and nationalities; Among the important projects adopted by the museum in the recent period, and it was an important cooperation between the Egyptian Ministry of Culture represented by the Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria and the Polish Ministry of Culture represented by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cairo, is a project to restore and document artworks that were by Polish soldiers during the Second World War and stored within The museum’s holdings and we do not know much about them.

The works went out to highlight again after eighty years, to return to our minds the good aspect of the world in a period of its most complex period, and remind us of events that are the most important in the history of the modern world.

Business is presented for the first time since its acquisition in the 1940s; What are the circumstances that brought business into the Alexandria Museum? What are the events that accompanied that? Who are these soldiers artists in the first place? They are all inquiries and many others, the exhibition and the accompanying events will answer, in great and important cooperation between the two cultures, and the consolidation of the Egyptian -Polish cultural relations.

Business will continue until December 31, 2022 at the museum headquarters in your engine in Alexandria..

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