Abdul Rahim Nagori

Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori (1939 – January 14, 2011) was a Pakistani painter known for his socio-political themes. He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958. He taught at the University of Sindh in Jamshoro, Pakistan where he founded and headed the department of Fine Arts. He was honoured with President’s Pride of Performance Award announced on August 14, 2010. Nagori’s paintings were never intended to please or to decorate the walls, yet the beauty of sensual textures and adept simplification of form were an inherent factor in his work, as were his uncompromising statements, rich with meanings. His exhibition mounted at the Indus Gallery, Karachi, in the ’80s when his scheduled exhibition in Islamabad was cancelled, made history.

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Jamil Naqsh

Born in Kairana, UP, in 1939, Jamil Naqsh grew up in a home where artists, writers, poets, musicians, zamindars and politicians often gathered. His father, a zamindar, wrote books on topics including tib and nafsiyat and illustrated his work in the miniature style. This stimulating environment left an indelible mark on the mind of the young Jamil Naqsh, and encouraged to paint, he soon chose his vocation.

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Wahab Jaffer

Wahab Jaffer was born in Poona in 1941 and as a child WJ had been interested in painting & art. At the age of 30 he joined the studio of Ali Imam who was his mentor for a few years. Later he worked & studied art with Ahmed Parvez from 1973-1979. WJ is now a renowned artist & an art collector in his own rights.

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Syed Sadequain

Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi , Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a world-renowned Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered as one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced.

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Zahoor Ul Akhlaq

Painter, sculptor and printmaker, Zahoor ul Akhlaq’s work – standing between tradition and contemporaneity – consolidates his research into the many visual traditions that criss-cross the political and geographical boundaries of Pakistan. He looks into the discipline of Islamic geometry, the iconography of the Moghul manuscript, the well-worn genres of European painting as manifest in the British colonial heritage

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