Hussein Amin Bicar (Egyptian Arabic: حسين أمين بيكار‎) (2 January 1913 in Alexandria – 16 November 2002) was one of Egypt's most prominent artists of the 20th century, after graduating from the Cairo higher school of fine arts in 1934, he spent more than 60 years of his life teaching art at schools and universities and then through the press, he is credited for initiating a style of journalistic art that elevated illustrating for news papers to a level close to that of the fine art, he is known for his simple and clear style reflecting the influence of Pharaonic art with its harmony, serenity and mystic.Bicar's journalistic contributions go beyond illustrations to include art criticism and narrative poetry.Being the first Egyptian artist to illustrate Arabic children's books, Bicar has pla