Sentences with phrase «appointed the official painter»
This «Rembrandt of Riyadh» was appointed the official painter to the King and Government of Saudi...
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This «Rembrandt of Riyadh» was appointed the official painter to the King and Government of Saudi Arabia in 1974 and in the next few decades painted most of the members Saudi royal family, as well as scenes of Riyadh and Bedouin life.
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He was appointed CBE in 1996 and was elected a Royal Academician in 1993, but he did not hunger for such official recognition and never made the effort to network or cultivate influential contacts, much preferring the company of his painter friends.