Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa | |
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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | |
Spouse | Luluwah bint Khalifa Al Khalifa |
Children | 6 |
Father | Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa |
Website | www |
Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa (born 1952) is a member of the Bahraini royal family, an artist and the chairman of Bahrain's National Council for Arts. He is the first president and the current honorary president of the Bahrain Arts Society.[1] He has painted over a period of 50 years, beginning with landscape painting in the late 1960s. His recent work continues to explore his immediate landscape and the traditional architecture of his homeland, through wall based, structural installations created with aluminium. He is widely considered one of the Kingdom's most renowned artists.[2]