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Menhat Helmy (Menhat Allah Helmy) was born on 11 July, 1925 in Cairo, is an Egyptian artist. Discover Menhat Helmy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Menhat Allah Helmy
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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 11 July 1925
Birthday 11 July
Birthplace Cairo
Date of death 10 May, 2004
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Nationality Egypt

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1925

Menhat Helmy (1925-2004) was an artist and pioneer in Egyptian etchings and printmaking.

Menhat Helmy was born in Helwan, Egypt in on July 11, 1925 as the middle child in a family of seven sisters and two brothers.

1949

She graduated from Cairo's High Institute of Pedagogic Studies for Art in 1949 before continuing her education abroad at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1953–55, where she focused on drawing, painting, and etching.

1955

After winning the Slade Prize of Etching in 1955, Menhat Helmy went on to participate in exhibitions around the world.

1956

She took part in most local exhibitions in Egypt from 1956 onwards and held her first private etching exhibition in 1966.

She participated in many international biennales of etchings in West Germany, Yugoslavia, Poland, Italy, Tokyo, and India.

1959

She won the Saloon Du Caire award in 1959 and 1960, the Cairo Production Exhibition prize in 1957, and the Ljublyana Honorary Prize in 1961.

Helmy went on to become a lecturer at the Fine Arts Institute in Cairo, a Professor of Fine Arts at the Helwan University in Cairo, an Honorary Professor of Etching at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence, Italy, and a member of the Print Maker Council in the United Kingdom.

1973

She later studied coloured graphics at Morley College in London during her second stay in London between 1973-79.

Along with likes of Hussein El Gebaly, Abdullah Gohar, and Mariam A. Aleem, Helmy was part of a pioneering generation of artists who played a pivotal role in the field.

Helmy's black-and-white etchings were critically acclaimed for their complexity, as well for their difficulty in realization.

Helmy was one of the first artists to engrave entire scenes into her work, replicating the effects of sketches and elaborate drawings on zinc before transforming them into prints.

1980

While Helmy retired from printmaking in the 1980s due to a lung condition contracted from the chemicals used in her etchings, she continued to teach at Helwan University until her death in 2004 at the age of 78.

Helmy's work is represented in the Museum of Modern Arts in Egypt and is in private collections in Egypt, Germany, Britain, the U.A.E., and the United States.

One of her abstract etching, 'To the Point,' was donated to Cairo University by her daughter, Sara Khallaf.

2007

Her painting, 'Procession to Work,' was sold at auction house Christies in 2007.

2019

Her abstract painting, 'Space Exploration,' was acquired by Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi of the Barjeel Art Foundation in 2019.