Painting in Pakistan by Ijaz Ul Hassan / Second edtition / Ferozsons 1996 / Hardcover / Pakistani art movements from British colonial times to contemporary Pakistan

Hardcover 1996

PAGES: 162

ISBN: 9789690101068  /  978-9690101068

ISBN-10: 9690101064

PUBLISHER: Ferozsons

LANGUAGE: English

In Writing Painting in Pakistan, Ijaz ul Hassan has, in effect, Painted Canvas that Stretches from the days of the British Taj to contemporary Pakistan, On this Canvas are represented the Significant art movements as Well as Painters associated with them. With history as his backdrop, the writer traces the development of Painting in the Subcontinent through a Study of Buddhist, Pala, Gujerati, Mughal, Punjab-Pahari and Sikh Schools, In a Way, these Schools Were instrumental in helping Painters in their Search for identity, in an environment of alienation Created during the Colonial Period.

THE AUTHOR
Ijaz ul Hassan has over the years made an important contribution not only as a painter but also as a teacher and art critic. Born in 1940, he has studied at
Government College, Lahore, St. Martin's School of Art, London and St. John's College, Cambridge. ssociated with the National College of ;
Arts from 1966 to 1975, Ijaz ul Hassan has enhanced the intellectual and aesthetic development of hundreds of young art students. He has been also instrumental in the organisation of the  Pakistan and Punjab Artists’ Associations, and has helped to improve the level of folk art through his active involvement in the Crafts Council of Pakistan.