Isaac Fanous | |
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Born | Isaac Fanous 19 December 1919 |
Died | 15 January 2007 | (aged 87)
Education | Institute of Coptic Studies |
Occupation(s) | Iconographer, Theologian, Art Historian |
Isaac Fanous (Coptic: ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ ⲫⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ; December 19, 1919 – January 15, 2007) was an Egyptian Copt iconographer, scholar and theologian, who single-handedly founded the most popular style of contemporary Coptic art today, commonly referred to as "Neo-Coptic".