Abdullah Al Muharraqi
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Abdullah Al Muharraqi () is a
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i artist considered the founder of
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in the Persian Gulf region. He was born in
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, Bahrain in 1939 and spent his childhood on its shores. His father was captain of a mail ship operating between
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and
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, and his mother was a painter.{{Cite web, title=عبد الله المحرقي .. أربعون عاماً من التألق والإبـداع, url=https://www.addustour.com/articles/456314?s=7a0cf7fe03f1b1749ae0f499f47541f2, access-date=2022-02-08, website=جريدة الدستور الاردنية, language=ar Although his parents believed that “art was not compatible with customs and traditions,” he enrolled at the
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in
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after creating an impressive portrait of
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, earning his degree in decorative arts in 1967. In addition to painting, Muharraqi has published political cartoons in the Bahraini daily newspaper ''
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''.


Art

Muharraqi is a celebrated artist among collectors in the
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, and he has an entire wing dedicated to his work at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in
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.


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Bahraini artists People from Manama Cartoonists 1939 births