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Sadequain
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Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash or just Sadequain, was born in 1930. Sadequain was one of Pakistan's most prolific artists, and his career has served as inspiration for several artists. In his lifetime, Sadequain is said to have painted more than 15,000 pieces including gigantic murals, intriguing canvases, innovative calligraphic works and exquisite drawings.
He shot to fame at the young...
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Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash or just Sadequain, was born in 1930. Sadequain was one of Pakistan's most prolific artists, and his career has served as inspiration for several artists. In his lifetime, Sadequain is said to have painted more than 15,000 pieces including gigantic murals, intriguing canvases, innovative calligraphic works and exquisite drawings.
He shot to fame at the young age of 31, when his work won recognition at the 1961 Paris Biennale. The October 16, 1962, edition of the Parisian newspaper Le Figaro noted, “Sadequain adds up the impression of space, density, volume and the reality of matter, which transforms an abstract thought into a material fact in plastic.”
During his lifetime, Sadequain became a cult figure with a large following drawn from all walks of life. The content of his work has wide appeal, and much of it is displayed in public building in Pakistan and India in the form of monumental murals. Sadequain was a social commentator, and in the later decades of his career, frequently turned to the unifying spirit of calligraphy to appeal to the masses.
The images that Sadequain’s brush strokes produced are not only rich in symbolic meaning but so visually variegated that the eye travels fascinated from one end to the other. Sadequain was responsible for the renaissance of Islamic calligraphy in Pakistan, and is known as one of the greatest calligraphers of his time, transforming the art of calligraphy into eye-catching expressionist paintings. In Pakistan, the art of calligraphy was relegated to a second class status until Sadequain adapted this medium in the late nineteen sixties. His calligraphy has divine inspiration, and evokes a sense of space and movement. He carried the script with a flourish in all directions, giving it vigour and volume. Sadequain also painted in bold form the poetic verses of Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz, illustrating his love for classical literature. He belonged to the school of thought, which enriched realism with lyricism. Sadequain also wrote thousands of quartets and published them.
Sadequain died in Karachi in 1987.
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Born
1930
Amroha, British India
Died
February 10, 1987
Karachi, Pakistan
Education
1948 Graduated from Agra University in Art History
Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
2014 Retrospective Exhibition at Aicon Gallery, New York
1954-60, Held numerous one-man exhibitions at Quetta Residency, and in Karachi at Prime Minister H. S. Suhrawardy’s residence, Frare Hall, executed murals in Jinnah Central Hospital, Karachi Airport, Services Club, and Mangla Dam Committee Room
1954 First solo exhibition in Quetta
Selected Exhibitions
2014 Retrospective Exhibition at Aicon Gallery, New York
1954-60, Held numerous one-man exhibitions at Quetta Residency, and in Karachi at Prime Minister H. S. Suhrawardy’s residence, Frare Hall, executed murals in Jinnah Central Hospital, Karachi Airport, Services Club, and Mangla Dam Committee Room
1954 First solo exhibition in Quetta
Honours and Awards
2006 Posthumously Honoured with a Commemorative stamp issued by Government...
2006 Posthumously Honoured with a Commemorative stamp issued by Government of Pakistan
1980 Awarded "Sitara-e-Imtiaz" by Government of Pakistan
1975 Awarded "Cultural Award" by Government of Australia
1962 President’s Medal of Honor, Mural at State Bank of Pakistan, and exhibitions in France
1961 Visited France at the invitation of the French Committee of International Association of Plastic Arts and awarded Laureate Biennale de Paris by the International Jury of Critics
1960, Awarded “Tamgha-e-Imtiaz” and First Prize in the All Pakistan National Exhibition of Paintings
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