Attyat’s creative process and practice were a daily quest fueled by prolonged stress and intense emotions, and it eventually became second nature.
About the Artist
Attyat Sayed (1935-2021) was born in Cairo in 1935. She graduated with a diploma from the high institute of Art Education in 1958. A daily press illustrator at Al Gomhoria and Al Masaa newspapers till 1995 to become a full-time painter.
Attyat’s talents were not limited to oil and gouache paintings as she excelled in line drawings, etching, and experimentation with black and white techniques, owing to her long experience as a press-illustrator, in Al-Masaa daily newspaper for more than 40 years, along which she artistically depicted and interpreted short stories, poems, novels, portraits; using black and white mediums such as charcoals, black oil pastel, with special mastership.
