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Shakir Ali BIOGRAPHY
1916 British India - 1975 Pakistan. Known for: Cubist painting, bird images, drawing, teaching, arabic calligraphy.
Born in Rampur, Utter Pradesh in 1916, Shakir Ali received his formal and academic art education at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and at the Slade School of Art in London. He later went on to... Read full biography
Born in Rampur, Utter Pradesh in 1916, Shakir Ali received his formal and academic art education at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and at the Slade School of Art in London. He later went on to study under Andre L'Hote in Paris and also in Prague before leaving Europe to live in Pakistan. He... Read full biography
Born in Rampur, Utter Pradesh in 1916, Shakir Ali received his formal and academic art education at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and at the Slade School of Art in London. He later went on to study under Andre L'Hote in Paris and also in Prague before leaving Europe to live in Pakistan. He joined Mayo School of Art, Lahore as a lecturer in 1954 and soon after its rebranding as National School of Art in 1958, Shakir Ali became the institution's first Pakistani principle. Before he died,... Read full biography
Born in Rampur, Utter Pradesh in 1916, Shakir Ali received his formal and academic art education at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and at the Slade School of Art in London. He later went on to study under Andre L'Hote in Paris and also in Prague before leaving Europe to live in Pakistan. He joined Mayo School of Art, Lahore as a lecturer in 1954 and soon after its rebranding as National School of Art in 1958, Shakir Ali became the institution's first Pakistani principle. Before he died, Shakir Ali donated many of his own paintings and artworks to a private, non-profit trust for a museum to be established. The Shakir Ali Museum was established by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) after Shakir Ali died in 1975. The PNCA... Read full biography
Born in Rampur, Utter Pradesh in 1916, Shakir Ali received his formal and academic art education at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and at the Slade School of Art in London. He later went on to study under Andre L'Hote in Paris and also in Prague before leaving Europe to live in Pakistan. He joined Mayo School of Art, Lahore as a lecturer in 1954 and soon after its rebranding as National School of Art in 1958, Shakir Ali became the institution's first Pakistani principle. Before he died, Shakir Ali donated many of his own paintings and artworks to a private, non-profit trust for a museum to be established. The Shakir Ali Museum was established by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) after Shakir Ali died in 1975. The PNCA decided on a plan of buying the house of teacher and painter Shakir Ali, and of converting into a museum.... Read full biography
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Born in Rampur, Utter Pradesh in 1916, Shakir Ali received his formal and academic art education at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and at the Slade School of Art in London. He later went on to study under Andre L'Hote in Paris and also in Prague before leaving Europe to live in Pakistan.
He joined Mayo School of Art, Lahore as a lecturer in 1954 and soon after its rebranding as National School of Art in 1958, Shakir Ali became the institution's first Pakistani principle.
Before he died, Shakir Ali donated many of his own paintings and artworks to a private, non-profit trust for a museum to be established. The Shakir Ali Museum was established by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) after...But wait, there's more...
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