Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936 in Zagazig in Egypt. He graduated and obtained his Masters in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. He received his PhD in History of Fine Arts and held numerous private and collective exhibitions from 1958 – 1969. Dr. Ismail began globetrotting from 1969 till 1987 - and since then, has not exhibited his work in Egypt. He lived in Europe for many years, savouring the Greek and Roman civilizations. He lived in Spain, France, and had seen many European states before moving to North Africa, then back to the Near East where he lived in Azmir, Turkey. He moved to Beirut when it was still the “Bridge of the Mediterranean”. He flew to Kuwait then Iran under the bygone Shah. He left Iran to wander about the Gulf States. He bid the oil countries farewell taking wing to India, the thousand religions, and thousands tongues content of wonders. Then he broke camp to Japan, roving through South East Asia, to anchor in Tokyo for years, admiring ancient and modern Japan, the Japanese people and the country’s rich history.
