Abdur Rehman Chughtai – عبدالرحمن چغتایٔ October 12, 2010
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Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1899–1975) was a painter and intellectual from Pakistan who was best known for his “Chughtai” style of art, as well has his designs of postage stamps. He was awarded Pakistan’s Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 1960, and the President of West Germany awarded him a Gold Medal in 1964 for his accomplishments.
He died in Lahore on January 17, 1975
He was considered one of the most famous representatives of Pakistan and Chughtai’s paintings were gifted to visiting heads of states. Allama Iqbal, Pablo Picasso, Queen Elizabeth II were amongst his admirers. An estimated 25 million people saw his Wembley show in 1924.
In 1927, Chughtai published Muraqqa, his first major work, which comprised a series of illustrations he made for new edition of the thought-heavy and highly imaginative verses of Ghalib, 19th century “poet’s poet” of Urdu and Persian.
His works are displayed at the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Peace Palace (in The Hague), United Nations Headquarters, New York, the Kennedy Memorial in Boston, the US State Department (in Washington, D.C.), President’s House Bonn, Nizam of Hyderabad’s Palace, Queen Juliana’s Palace in the Netherlands, Emperor’s Palace Bangkok, President House Islamabad, Governors’ Houses in Lahore and Karachi, and the National Art Gallery, Islamabad.
Among his famous works are the logos of Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan and his painting of Anarkali for the cover of a 1992 drama. Additionally, one of the most successful UNICEF cards features a Chughtai.
Artist and gallery owner Salima Hashmi deems Chughtai one of South Asia’s foremost painters. “He was part of the movement that started in the early part of the 20th century to establish an identity indigenous to the subcontinent,” she said. “He rejected the hegemony of the British Colonial aesthetic.”
United Nations Organization art correspondent Jacob-Baal Teshuva wrote that Chughtai’s paintings are the most set released in 1948.
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Chughtai Museum’s Official site: http://www.chughtaiMuseum.com
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Art lovers welcome to Chughtai Museum
Thanks for the link Lubna.
Farzana Jee, there are three of my paintings in this collection which I copied from the paintings of my Mentor The Great Chughtai Sahab. Allah bless him with Jannat Al Firdaus.
Identify Amir Sadiq
Aamir Sadiq identify the three. There are many paintings shown which are not by my father Abdur Rahman Chughtai.
Chughtai Sahab my name is Usman Sadiq not Aamir Sadiq
Painting #36 , 38 and 30.
Send me your WhatsApp contact and I’ll send you my paintings.
The numbering are poor cannot trace them identify by name to check same.
The detail named Sassi
The other two don’t have a name.
CHECKED AND COMMENTED STUDENT COPIES
PRINCESS OF SAHARA not Sassi
38 copy of princess of Sahara
36 copy of murraqa Chughtai work
30 blow up of the first one
All student copies
If you want images of same just email me at Chughtaimuseumlahore@hotmail.com
very nice
i have a copy of this anyone interested to buy pl contact samjack64@gmail.com
I’ve seen this…. and admire this ❤ btw I'm also Abdur-Rehman Chughtai :p but I'm not an artist…….. I'm a poet 😀
Please identify by name Umar Sadiq cannot trace them as not in order. Many not Chughtai but copies.
nice article-
udaya sankar challa
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