Egyptian, 20th century, male. Active in France and naturalised from 1930. Born 10 August 1887, in Alexandria; died 9 December 1951, in Paris. Painter, pastellist, watercolourist, engraver, decorative artist. Nudes, portraits, landscapes, still-lifes. Orientalism. Georges Hanna Sabbagh left Egypt in 1906 for Paris, where he was the student of Maurice Denis, Paul Sérusier and Félix Valloton. He became a professor at the Académie Ranson in Paris and at the school of fine arts in Cairo ...