Shakir ali famous paintings
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Shakir Ali (artist)
Modern Pakistani artist
Shakir Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1916 |
| Died | 1975 pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Paintings and Contributions In Arts For Pakistan |
Shakir Ali (Urdu: شاکر على (1975–1916) was an influential modern Pakistaniartist and an art teacher. He was the principal of the National College of Arts in Lahore. He first joined Mayo School of Art as a lecturer in Art in 1954 and after changing the name of Mayo School to National College of Arts in 1958, he became its first Pakistani principal in 1962. Widely known to have inspired cubism among the artists of Lahore, he had a huge following of artists in Pakistan, most of whom were his students including Muhammad Ahmad Khan, Jamil Naqsh, Bashir Mirza, Ahmed Pervez and others.[1]
Career
Shakir Ali influenced the Pakistani modernist artists for two decades, both with his work and his disposition. He held a position of privilege among his generation of painters. He had firsthand experience of Modern Art in Paris. After studying art at t
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Shakir Ali was born in 1916, a hundred years ago. He was created - as we all are - from a fistful of dust. He died on 27 January 1975 and was buried the same day. Today, forty years later, he is no more than a fistful of the same dust.
Yet, here we are, recreating an image of him from that very dust. But what we cannot, nor should we, attempt to refashion a facsimile of the man he once was. The best we can do is to piece together our separate, disparate memories of him to produce a collage, an ephemeral hologram of the man who once sat amongst us, at gatherings such as this one.
Shakir Ali sahib contribution as an artist is too well-known for me to reiterate.
The twelve years he spent from 1961 to 1973 as the Principal of the National College, again, have been too well documented for me to recount, or to describe the strong and deep impact he had, as their Principal, on so many young artists.
I would prefer to spend my allotted time talking about aspects of the Shakir I knew and admired.
The start of his career, for example, as Principal NCA.
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Shakir Ali, the great painter of Pakistan, born in 1914, left a huge mark as both a painter and a teacher on artists and painters of the country, sub continent and around the world.
Ali was famous for his work which revolves around human emotions, thoughts, pain and pleasures. He not only felt that all aspects of human nature but also showed them in his work through lines, colours and paint.
One of the major pieces of art, created by Shakir Ali is his own house which has now been turned into Shakir Ali Mueseum in Lahore handled by Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA).
According to a representative of PNCA, Shakir Ali took part, made and chose every brick and door hinge by him and that is why it took almost 10 years to complete (1964 to 1975).
The brick house-turned- museum has the appearance of an art piece. Right in front of its main entrance is a huge portrait of Shakir Ali himself in black and white, painted by one of his students.
On the right hand side of the main door are degrees, diplomas of the painter with a brief bio data of the maestro hanging above t
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