Bakr Ahmad

L'art plastique contemporain au Bahreïn, Government Printing Office under the Ministry of Information, Bahrain, August 1980. An important retrospective of the history of the plastic arts from 1919 to 1980 in Bahrain, including 45 biographies of Bahraini artists and illustrations of their works, in Arabic. Bahrain is a pioneer in pictorial art on the Arabian Peninsula, where art education was introduced as early as 1919, leading the country to organize numerous exhibitions and to become one of the most active countries in the Arab world in the contemporary art sector. Ahmad Bakr (1946-2008): pioneer of the plastic arts in Bahrain, teacher, first exhibition in 1967, founding member of the Bahraini Plastic Arts Association, founder of the Fine Arts Center in Manama, several international exhibitions including at the Grand-Palais in Paris (1977), author of numerous publications and holder of many awards. Italian format. 29.5 x 41 cm A major retrospective of the history of the visual arts from 1919 to 1980 in Bahrain, featuring 45 biographies of Bahraini artists and illustrations of their works, in Arabic. Bahrain was a pioneer in pictorial art on the Arabian Peninsula, and art education was introduced there in 1919, leading the country to organise numerous exhibitions and to become one of the most active countries in the Arab world in the contemporary art sector. Ahmad Bakr (1946-2008): pioneer of the plastic arts in Bahrain, teacher, first exhibition in 1967, founding member of the Bahraini Association of Plastic Arts, founder of the Fine Arts Centre in Manama, several international exhibitions including at the Grand-Palais in Paris (1977), author of numerous publications and holder of many prizes.