1894 - 1975

chafik charobim

Charobim was the first Egyptian artist to graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome in 1923. When he returned to Cairo with his degree in painting in 1924, he was honored by King Fouad 1st with a teaching position at the new School of Fine Arts of Cairo. Too engrossed in the world of painting, the free-spirited artist rejected the constraints that went with the appointment, and opted to follow the path of his passion by focusing on painting.