Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa

Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa
Portrait of Rashid al Khalifa
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Known forPainting
Movement
SpouseLuluwah bint Khalifa Al Khalifa
Children6
FatherSheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Websitewww.rashidalkhalifa.com

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]

  1. ^ "Bahrain Arts Society - Committee". Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Bahrain Art Society - One year at a glance" (PDF). Retrieved 28 July 2012.