Nāṣirī, Rāfiʻ
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Name (Latin)
Nāṣirī, Rāfiʻ
Name (Arabic)
الناصري، رافع
Other forms of name
al-Nāṣirī, Rāfiʻ
Al Nasiri, Rafa
Nasiri, Rafa Al
Nasiri, Rafa
ناصري، رافع
Date of birth
1940
Place of birth
Tikrīt (Iraq)
Associated country
Iraq
Other associated place
Beijing (China)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Occupation
Artists
Associated Language
ara
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- رحلتي الى الصين، 2012:صفحة العنوان (رافع الناصري)
- Āfāq wa-marāyā, 2005:t.p. (Rāfiʻ al-Nāṣirī) cover (Rafa Al Nasiri [in rom.])
- Rafa Nasiri : 50 years of printmaking, 2013:p. 151 (b. 1940 in Tikrit; diploma in painting, Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad; BA in printmaking, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; 1969 diploma in printmaking, The Gravura, Lisbon) back cover (established the first Graphic Arts department at the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad)
- Rafa Nasiri, 2013:page 151 ([Rafa Nasiri] 1940, born in Tikrit).
Wikipedia description:
Rafa al-Nasiri (b.1940 Tikrit, Iraq -7 December 2013 Amman, Jordan) was an Iraqi painter, draughtsman, print-maker, educator and author whose works with a social and political message resonated with the Iraqi public in the mid-20th century. He was also very influential in encouraging young artists to take up print-making.
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