Pen & Ink Drawing, Signed & Dated : Sadequain Naqvi with Letter of Authenticity
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Pen & Ink Drawing, Signed & Dated : Sadequain Naqvi with Letter of Authenticity:
$5750.00
Art work is accompanied by Letter of Authenticity issued by competent authority in USA.Sadequain was born in 1930, descending from a family of calligraphers. He was responsible for the renaissance of Islamic Calligraphy in Pakistan. He was one of the greatest calligraphers of his time who transformed the art of calligraphy into eye-catching expressionist paintings. Sadequain was a master muralist and his murals adorn the halls at State Bank of Pakistan, Power House at the Mangla Dam, Lahore Museum, Aligarh Muslim University, Banaras Hindu University, Geological Institute of India, just to name a few. After Sadequain transformed the art of calligraphy into a mainstream art form, most of the known Pakistani artists followed Sadequain, and calligraphic art now dominates the art scene. Sadequain also painted in bold form the poetic verses of Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz, which illustrate his love for classical literature. He belonged to the school of thought which enriched realism with lyricism. Sadequain wrote thousand of quartets and published them. Sadequain is the only painter who has been copied openly and widely by many painters and even the copies fetch large sums to the copiers, an irony since the artist himself hardly ever sold his works in spite of offers coming from royals and the common public. For example, his masterpiece rendition of Sure-e-Rehman has been copied widely by many known painters of the modern era.
Sadequain was a world renowned Pakistani Art legend. He was best known for his independent real creative art and novice trends in Islamic Calligraphy. His original superb themes and huge murals dwarf many and some are still regarded as matchless in the world. His international recognition was due to introduction of new initiatives and trends in art and particularly poetic calligraphy which was almost nonexistent then.
He was a self-made, self taught painter, completely nontraditional and above all, shows no signs of being inspired by any other master of art who lived before him or at his time.
Sadequain received well deserved decorations.
- 1960 – Government of Pakistan — “ Tamgha-e-Imtiaz”
- 1961 – Government of France — “Biennale de Paris”
- 1962 – President of Pakistan — “President’s Medal of Honor”
- 1975 – Government of Australia — “Cultural Award”
- 1980 – Government of Pakistan — was a master genius of his own self-inspired school of thought and different from other great artists like Michael Angelo and Leonardo de Vinci. This fact was proved later by the performance presented by him in his early life. Like many other masters he too was completely obscure, until he was noticed, hand –picked and appreciated by the notable lover of arts Mr. Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy. It is natural that a true genius sees the limelight once and then the “limelight” itself focuses on him and seldom misses him till the last day. He had stepped into the open world to breathe and expose his talents independently – and this he did with utmost honesty without being distracted by worldly glamor.P.S: Sadequain & me in Abu Dhabi , UAE in 1979,when he did a Mural Project for UAE Ministry of Power at Umm ul Nar.
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Pen & Ink Drawing, Signed & Dated : Sadequain Naqvi with Letter of Authenticity:
$5750.00