Farouk Hosni has always proved that he is a staunch follower of modern art, rebelling early in his apprenticeship against the traditions and norms of academic painting, which he learnt at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria.

After graduating, Hosni was still searching for a starting point, but was attracted to simple idealism and the delicate lines of Paul Klee (l879-l940), then he tended towards cubism of Paul Cezanne (l839-l906), Pablo Picasso (l881-l973) and George Braque (l882-l963).

He was finally captivated by the abstract spontaneity of Wassily Kandinsky (l866-l944). Hosni's early paintings were devoid of classical influences.

Hosni's abstract paintings are therefore void of content and objectivity. It is his wish to expound his philosophical vision in relation to his psychological state at the time of creativity.

Like other abstract artists, Hosni has evolved his own mythology that is in no way related to the myths of ancient Egypt, although occasionally the onlooker senses certain symbols of a remote relation with traditional myths.