Category: Painting
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Leading contemporary artist and filmmaker Owais Husain (born 1967) son of Indian Master, M.F Husain, trained at Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai. Essentially a figurative painter, Owais finds drawing in his sketchbook with this pen or capturing the image in his camera or ‘video sketching’ equally exciting. Owais is a multi-talented artist and…
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Ali Azmat obtained an MFA with Gold Medal in 1998 and a diploma in drawing and painting from Alhamra Academy of Performing Arts, Lahore 1994. The artist paints the human form, his paintings are loaded with social commentary observing Pakistani culture, and politics and depict the human form in a realistic manner. The artist has…
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Akram Spaul studied at National College of Arts Lahore (1967) and Central Institute of Arts & Crafts (1972). His paintings are realistic and detailed. Colour is often highlighted with strong use of light and shade. Akram Spaul is a super realist and a partial surrealist. His paintings have been widely exhibited in Pakistan and internationally…
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Mansur Aye was born in 1941 and passed away in the year 2008. In his lifetime the artist executed several paintings, some of the themes included: Moon-faced girls, stilll life, portraits of women and musicians at work. The artist was prolific and worked in pencil drawings, brush drawing, chemical drawings, water colour, mixed media, acrylic…
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Nahid Raza is a feminist painter. A graduate of the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts (CIAC in 1970) she is now a Principal at the same college. She held her first exhibition the same year, at the Goethe Institute. In the 80s Nahid’s work largely dealt with Baloch Chawkandi Tombs. With time the artist…
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JAMEEL AHMED also known Jhuggi wala was a self taught artist found in a slum in Karachi. While the date of his birth is unknown Jameel later moved and later died in East Pakistan present day Bangladesh in 1982. Jameel jhuggiwala was known for his landscape paintings of Punjab and East Pakistan as well as…
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SHAHID JALAL (Born 1948) is one of the outstanding members of the Association who has no art qualification from any institution and has therefore not been mentioned in their context. He has developed a style of his own which is executed with thick impasto brush strokes, the surface being further divided to form a subtle…
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E CATALOG Unicorn Gallery is pleased to present on 25th March 2014 a group exhibition of paintings by Pakistan’s most distinguished artists. The Golden Collection 2014 features new art works by: Ustad Bashir Ahmed, Ghulam Mustafa, Ghulam Rasul, Mian Ijaz Ul Hassan, Jameel Ahmed jhuggiwala, Khalid Iqbal, Shahid Jalal, Zarah David, Zulfiqar Zulfi, Zulqarnain Haider.…
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GHULAM RASUL (1942-2009) is widely considered the most influential landscape painter of Pakistan. His works are in private and public collections including: National Museum, National Art Gallery Islamabad, Bradford Museum and Galleries, N.I.U Board of Regents Springfields, Asian Art L.V Museum. The artist has participated in major traveling shows at Asia Museum, Pasadena, PNCA, Asia House,…
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