Global Heshmat — Following Hassan Heshmat around the world

Places

81 cities, districts, streets and sites the book names, each circle sized by how often. Select one for its pages. Positions are automatic and approximate.

Countries and regions

• Egypt 30
• Germany 17
• Kuwait 12
• Sweden 12
• Belgium 11
• Netherlands 8
• Italy 7
• Denmark 6
• Hungary 6
• Switzerland 6
• Europe 5
• Norway 5
• United States of America 5
• England 4
• France 4
• Lebanon 3
• Syria 3
• Bavaria 2
• Palestine 2
• Poland 2
• Republic of the Congo 2
• Rwanda 2
• Sierra Leone 2
• United Arab Republic 2
• West Germany 2
• Aswan 1
• Britain 1
• Czechoslovakia 1
• Egyptian countryside 1
• Matrouh 1
• Menoufia 1
• Nigeria 1
• Philippines 1
• Qena 1
• Red Sea 1
• Rhine 1
• Sudan 1
• Vatican 1

Exhibitions

37 dated exhibitions from 1938 to 1980, solo and group, as the book recounts them.

1. 1938
   • Goldenberg Hall, Cairo, 1938 pp. 53, 60
   • Society of Fine Arts Lovers Salon, Cairo, 1938 p. 53
2. 1946
   • Cairo, 1946 p. 53
3. 1950
   • Cairo, 1950 p. 53
4. 1953
   • Aladdin Hall, Cairo, 1953
5. 1954
   • Aladdin Hall, Cairo, 1954 p. 20
6. 1955
   • Atelier Hall, Alexandria, 1955 p. 22
   • Cairo, 1955 p. 23
   • Warsaw, 1955 pp. 25, 26
7. 1956
   • London, 1956 pp. 27, 28
   • UNESCO, Paris, 1956 p. 27
8. 1957
   • Budapest, 1957 p. 30
   • Hungary, 1957 (Egyptian travelling general exhibition)
9. 1958
   • Bavaria, 1958 p. 30
10. 1959
    • Alexandria, 1959 p. 31
    • Galleon Hall, Cairo, 1959 p. 31
11. 1960
    • Damascus, 1960 p. 32
12. 1967
    • Hassan Heshmat Museum, Ain Shams, 1967 pp. 34, 35
    • Rome, 1967 p. 36
13. 1968
    • Frankfurt, 1968 pp. 39, 40
    • Geneva, 1968 pp. 38, 116
    • Stockholm, 1968
14. 1969
    • Akhenaten Hall, Cairo, 1969 p. 43
    • Foreign Diplomats Hall, Cairo, 1969 pp. 34, 35
    • Hotel St. Georges, Beirut, 1969
15. 1970
    • Atelier Hall, Alexandria, 1970 p. 44
    • Belgium, 1970 p. 45
    • Bengtsson Hall, Stockholm, 1970 p. 45
    • Cultural Centre, Bad Godesberg, 1970 p. 45
    • Norway, 1970 p. 46
16. 1973
    • Kuwait Museum, Kuwait, 1973 pp. 46, 59, 60
17. 1974
    • Egyptian Centre for International Cultural Cooperation, Cairo, 1974 p. 48
18. 1975
    • Ain Shams University, Cairo, 1975
19. 1977
    • Goethe-Institut Cairo, 1977 p. 48
20. 1978
    • Baron's castle, Denmark, 1978 p. 50
    • Roskilde, 1978 p. 50
21. 1980
    • Foreign Diplomats Centre, Cairo, 1980 pp. 51, 52
22. Year not given
    • Atelier du Caire, Cairo
    • Beijing p. 30
    • Berlin p. 54
    • Florence p. 30
    • Palermo p. 30
    • Susteren p. 40

People

99 people named in the book: teachers, critics and fellow artists, ministers, diplomats and patrons. Those with a profile on this site link to it.

1–20 of 99, most named first

1. Tharwat Okasha ثروت عكاشة

   Author of the foreword; former Egyptian minister of culture

   13 mentions · pp. 8, 31, 32, 53, 54 and 4 more
2. Gamal Abdel Nasser جمال عبد الناصر

   President who placed the 1954 exhibition under his patronage

   6 mentions · pp. 20, 22, 31, 53, 54 and 2 more
3. Saeed Sadr سعيد الصدر

   His teacher at the school

   5 mentions · pp. 11, 13, 19, 20
4. Abdel Qader Hatem عبد القادر حاتم

   Minister of Culture at the time, who opened the artist's museum in 1972

   4 mentions · pp. 47, 51, 52, 56
5. Ahmed Osman أحمد عثمان

   Head of sculpture at Fine Arts, once Heshmat's teacher for one class in 1933

   3 mentions · pp. 23, 31
6. Ahmed Youssef أحمد يوسف

   Dean of the Applied Arts college, Heshmat's former teacher

   3 mentions · pp. 18, 20, 32
7. Salah Kamel صلاح كامل

   Wrote the introduction in the catalogue of the Rome exhibition

   3 mentions · pp. 37, 53, 60, 61
8. Abdel Aziz El-Qousi عبد العزيز القوصي

   Doctor who wrote that the artist breathed life into ceramics

   2 mentions · pp. 42, 48
9. Ahmed El-Sawy Mohamed أحمد الصاوى محمد

   Editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram who commented on the exhibition

   2 mentions · pp. 20, 66
10. Ahmed Nawar أحمد نوار

    Author of the foreword; head of the National Center for Fine Arts and Museums

    2 mentions · pp. 9, 52, 53
11. Anis Mansour أنيس منصور

    Writer who reviewed the exhibition in Al-Akhbar newspaper, 22 Nov 1967

    2 mentions · pp. 35, 36, 66
12. Boutros Boutros-Ghali بطرس غالي

    State minister at the Foreign Ministry who commissioned three stone statues for African states

    2 mentions · p. 51
13. Ezz El-Din Hammouda عز الدين حمودة

    Artist who wrote a comment on the exhibition

    2 mentions · pp. 18, 21
14. Gamal as-Sigini جمال السجيني

    Artist who wrote praise of Heshmat's ceramics

    2 mentions · p. 21
15. Hassan Abdel Moneim حسن عبدالمنعم

    Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture who opened the exhibition and wrote a tribute

    2 mentions · pp. 34, 35, 43
16. Ihsan Abdel Quddous إحسان عبد القدوس

    Writer who wrote a tribute in the visitors' book

    2 mentions · pp. 32, 66
17. Saeed Khattab سعيد خطاب

    Artist who wrote a tribute in the exhibition's visitor book

    2 mentions · pp. 22, 23
18. Salah Taher صلاح طاهر

    Artist who wrote congratulations on the exhibition's colour

    2 mentions · pp. 20, 66
19. Sami Abu El-Futouh سامي أبو الفتوح

    Egyptian ambassador in London who opened the exhibition

    2 mentions · pp. 27, 28
20. Youssef El-Sebai يوسف السباعي

    Minister of Culture who opened the artist's second exhibition in 1974

    2 mentions · pp. 48, 66

In the collection

The book mentions 33 work or sites recorded in this collection and 5 people with a profile here.

• The Hassan Heshmat Museum named as Hassan Heshmat Museum · 22 mentions
• Heilig Kruiskerk named as Memorial for a church in Belgium; Heilig Kruiskerk · 8 mentions
• BTM - Factory Entrance named as Launch of Industry in Egypt · 6 mentions
• Agiba Petroleum Company (Factory Premises) named as Agiba Statue · 5 mentions
• Ezbet El Nakhl named as Ezbet El Nakhl · 5 mentions
• Sheraton Heliopolis named as Welcome; Sheraton Heliopolis · 5 mentions
• Mermaid with Wings named as Mermaid with Wings · 4 mentions
• Museum of Egyptian Modern Art named as Museum of Egyptian Modern Art · 4 mentions
• Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie named as National Museum in Warsaw · 4 mentions
• Armed Forces Officers Club named as Stone panel on the Officers Club theatre, Zamalek; Armed Forces Officers Club · 3 mentions
• Cairo International Stadium named as Cairo International Stadium · 3 mentions
• Daughter of Nile - Jollyville Mövenpick Hotel named as Daughter of the Nile; Jollyville Mövenpick Hotel · 3 mentions
• Egypt Air Paris named as Mykerinos Triad; Stone facade and statue at the airline's Paris office · 3 mentions
• Female Peasants with Breadbasket named as Female Peasants with Breadbasket · 3 mentions
• Le Méridien Heliopolis named as Horus Statue; Le Méridien Heliopolis · 3 mentions
• Military Academy for Postgraduate and Strategic Studies named as Stone panel at Nasser Military Academy entrance; Nasser Military Academy · 3 mentions
• Musée de l’Homme named as Musée de l'Homme · 3 mentions
• Open Air Museum and Gallery - Kafraoui Park named as Open-air sculpture museum, 10th of Ramadan City; Kafraoui Park; Small museum in the public park of 10th of Ramadan City · 3 mentions
• Oriental Weavers named as Obelisk Body of Egypt; The Lion · 3 mentions
• Sheraton - El Gezirah named as Statue of Spinning; Sheraton Gezirah Hotel · 3 mentions
• The Dawn of Egypt named as The Dawn of Egypt · 3 mentions
• The Stable Family named as The Stable Family · 3 mentions
• Beijing Museum named as Beijing Museum · 2 mentions
• Fatima Ismail’s Palace Museum named as Egypt, a Blooming Rose; Agricultural Museum · 2 mentions
• Metro Station Ain Shams named as Ain Shams West Metro Station · 2 mentions
• Midan Galaa named as Midan Galaa · 2 mentions
• Museum of Applied Arts named as Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest · 2 mentions
• Panorama October named as Crossing the Impossible; Panorama October · 2 mentions
• St. Therese Armenian Catholic Church named as Statues of the creators of the Armenian script; St. Therese Armenian Catholic Church · 2 mentions
• Staatliche Höhere Fachschule für Porzellan named as State College of Porcelain, Selb · 2 mentions
• Mosaics in Private Swimming Pool named as Ceramic Panels at a Swimming Pool · 1 mention
• National Cash Register Dayton named as Ceramic panel, Dayton Ohio · 1 mention
• The Gift of Motherhood - Alexandria named as The Gift of Motherhood · 1 mention

People with a profile

• Tharwat Okasha 13 mentions · pp. 8, 31, 32, 53, 54 and 4 more
• Saeed Sadr 5 mentions · pp. 11, 13, 19, 20
• Gamal as-Sigini 2 mentions · p. 21
• Hussein Bicar 1 mention · p. 21
• Sabry Ragheb 1 mention · pp. 47, 48