Gazbia Sirry
Egypt, b.1925-2021
Sirry was born in Cairo. After graduating from the Higher Institute of Art Education for Women Teachers in 1950 (Currently the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University), she earned government scholarships that sent her abroad, where she pursued her postgraduate studies with Marcel Gromaire in Paris in 1950, and then further studies at the Egyptian Academy in Rome 1952 and at the Slade School in London, in 1953.
