Tanbouli obtained a state fellowship from the ministry of culture 1980-1981 and was founder member at the Syndicate of Plastic Artists.
Tanbouli was the first Egyptian to preside over the publication section at the Center of Documentation on Ancient Egypt.
He also wrote the scientific text for the catalogue of the ancient Egyptian queens and kings exhibition in Japan.
After he died, in December 1982, the ministry of culture inaugurated a retrospective exhibition of the artist Lotfy El Tanbouli at the art collective center in Zamalek.
In April 1992, the ministry of culture held an exhibition for his works on the occasion of his tenth death anniversary at the Cairo Opera House.