Fouad Kamel

Fouad Kamel (1919–1973) was an Egyptian artist and writer involved in Art et Liberté. He signed the group’s inaugural manifesto in 1938 and exhibited in its five shows between 1940 and 1945. Surrealist automatic techniques helped him move towards abstraction. By 1959 his painting had shed figurative elements; he participated in the exhibitions Vers l’Inconnu and Encore l’Inconnu.

Biography source: Clare Davies, Mathaf Encyclopedia, https://mathaf.org.qa/en/encyclopedia/artists-biographies/fouad-kamel/. The exhibition connections retain the original BasArt catalogue labels; they do not assert personal attendance or current ownership.