Born 22 september 1927 at Cairo Albert Masri attends the jesuit secondary school. Then the "lycée français du Caire " for the first year of medecine .then enters the university of medecine in montpellier where he stays until the third year of study .
But art attracts him and he decides to dedicate himself to painting and later to sculpture. In 1954 he is registered at the " maison des artistes " as a professional