Born in 1923, El Nachar obtained his PHD in Art (painting division), from the Budapest Art Academy in 1978. He participated in numerous exhibitions and was awarded the 1st prize in painting at the Cairo Salon, and later the 1st prize of the 4th Biennale 1992. Most of his work is now exhibited in El Nachar / Al Sageny Museum, located on the Alexandria-Cairo Desert Road.

In the early stages of his artistic career, El Nachar depicted themes that adhered to reality of everyday life through a combination of both expressionism and surrealism. It was later that he subjected his art to a change in style and moved to Abstract Art. During the last 10 years of his artistic life, before his demise in 1999, El Nachar ventured into the realm of Islamic Art, a primary medium of geometric abstraction.