Mohammed Nagi

Mohamed Nagy , also spelled Mohamed Nagi and in Standard Arabic as Muhammad Naji (17 January 1888 – 1956) was an Egyptian artist. He is considered to be among the founders of modern Egyptian art, and was responsible for establishing the modern painting school of Egypt.

In 1939 Nagy started his ambitious project titled "Alexandria School" when he headed the Museum of Modern Art as its director. In 1952, to give shape to his project, he decided to build an atelier in a plot of land which he purchased from Hadayek El Ahram. He pursued this project till he died in his studio in 1956. In 1962, the Ministry of Culture bought his atelier and then Tharwat Okasha formally inaugurated the Mohamed Nagy Museum on 13 July 1968. The museum has 1,200 paintings and sketches, including 40 of Nagy's oil paintings his sister donated to the museum.