Adel Nassief

Adel Nassief
Born(1962-10-20)20 October 1962[1]
Beheira governorate, Egypt
Died19 March 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 58)[2]
Occupation(s)Painting Artist, Iconographer

Adel Nassief (Arabic: عادل نصيف; 20 October 1962 – 19 March 2021) was an Egyptian painter specializing in Coptic art. He has some work on display on the external wall of a Coptic church in Paris[3] and some work[4] in the Cairo modern art museum and in Coptic churches in Damanhour and Alexandria. He illustrated the book First Christmas by Alastair Macdonald.

He received a bachelor of fine arts, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University Department of Painting with General Grade Very Good with high Honours 1985. He then did specialised studies in Coptic Art and Icons at the Institute of Coptic Studies, Cairo.[4]

Nassief died on 19 March 2021, at the age of 58, after contracting COVID-19.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "الفنان عادل نصيف". www.coptichistory.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ غالي, مينا (19 March 2021). "الكنيسة القبطية تنعى الفنان العالمي الراحل عادل نصيف". Masrawy.
  3. ^ :: :: Watani :: :: Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "Adel Nassief". www.adelnassief.net. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ^ عبد الحميد, أسامة (19 March 2021). "الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية تنعى الفنان التشكيلى عادل نصيف". Youm7.


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