Isaac Fanous (born 1924) is an Egyptian artist and scholar, specializing in Coptic art .
He is considered the father of modern Coptic iconography and the initiator of the modern renaissance in Coptic art . Fanous has trained a number of other Coptic artists from abroad.
He chairs the Coptic Art department at the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo, Egypt.
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