2024-08-05 05:04:18
Libyan plastic artist Ramadan Al-Bakshishi passed away at the age of 86, leaving behind a rich and diverse artistic legacy. He was one of the most prominent pioneers of plastic art in Libya, and left a clear mark on the Libyan and Arab artistic scene.
Al-Bakshishi was born in the city of Benghazi in 1938. His talent for drawing appeared at an early age during his primary education, influenced by the drawings of the artist Hussein Bikar in Akher Saa magazine and the artist Jamal Kamal in Rose Al-Youssef magazine. He graduated from Benghazi High School in 1957 and received drawing lessons from the Egyptian teacher Yahya Bu Hamda, and then joined teaching.
He joined, along with Muhammad Istita, Hassan bin Dardaf, Mahmoud Al-Saiti and Suleiman Balah, courses affiliated with UNESCO, which lasted for two sessions in 1960-1961. He then participated in most of the exhibitions held on public and national occasions.
In 1970, he obtained a diploma from the Teachers Institute, Art Education Department, and was then appointed as a supervisor of art education, then head of the Artistic Activity Office in 1975, and then as an educational guide in education in 1980 until his retirement in 1986, devoting himself to drawing.
According to the Libyan platform website, the deceased participated in most of the exhibitions held at public events, and also participated in the Mahras International Festival of Fine Arts in Tunisia in 2005, and local and Arab newspapers wrote about him. He held his last personal exhibition in Benghazi in 2021.
Among his most famous portrait works are portraits of King Idris al-Senussi, Omar al-Mukhtar, Hamida al-Anizi, and portraits of celebrities from the fifties and sixties of the good old days, as well as portraits of Libyan pioneers, poets, painters, and many intellectuals.
Last updated: August 4, 2024 – 10:02
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