Khalifa Alqattan

Khalifa Alqattan (Arabic خليفة القطان ) (January 1934 in Old Kuwait City – 27 July 2003) was a Kuwaiti pioneer artist. He was the first Kuwaiti artist to hold a solo exhibition in Kuwait. In the early 1960s, he founded a new art theory known as "circulism".^[1]^[2]

His house was converted into an art museum in Kuwait known the Mirror House.^[3] It is a popular tourist attraction.

References

^ Muayad H., Hussain (2012). Modern Art from Kuwait: Khalifa Qattan and Circulism (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Birmingham. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2016.
^ "Khalifa Qattan, Founder of Circulism". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
^ "The Great Journey". Ibraaz. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018.

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[1] Muayad H., Hussain (2012). Modern Art from Kuwait: Khalifa Qattan and Circulism (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Birmingham. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2016.

[2] "Khalifa Qattan, Founder of Circulism". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.

[3] "The Great Journey". Ibraaz. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018.

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