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Ismail Gulgee (Urdu: امین اسماعیل گل جی; 25 October 1926 – 16 December 2007), [1] also known simply as Gulgee, was a Pakistani painter. [2]Born in Peshawar, he received his early education at Lawrence College before attending Aligarh University, Columbia University, and Harvard University for higher education.
Hasnat Mehmood (born 1978), visual artist, teaches at National College of Arts; lives in Lahore; Bashir Mirza (1941–2000), painter; Quddus Mirza (born 1961), painter, art critic; Huma Mulji (born 1970), sculptor
Early pioneers of Pakistani art include Abdur Rahman Chughtai who painted with Mughal and Islamic styles, [2] and Ahmed Parvez who was among the early modernists of Pakistan. [ 3 ] In the 1960s and 1970s, calligraphic styles emerged in Pakistan, with notable artists being Iqbal Geoffrey and Sadequain . [ 2 ]
Laila, being a Bengali, decided to leave for the new-found Bangladesh. [1] The 1980s saw a nose-dive in the progress of cinema in Pakistan as the nation was left in a state of turmoil over the changes in the government administration. The number of cinemas decreased rapidly and people preferred watching television over going to a cinema. [6]
Robert Scott Duncanson, Landscape with Rainbow c. 1859, Hudson River School, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.. This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting ...
The Black Arts Movement (BAM) was an African-American-led art movement that was active during the 1960s and 1970s. [3] Through activism and art, BAM created new cultural institutions and conveyed a message of black pride. [4] The movement expanded from the accomplishments of artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
This is a list of artists who create contemporary art, i.e., those whose peak of activity can be situated somewhere between the 1970s (the advent of postmodernism) and the present day. Artists on this list meet the following criteria: The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by his/her peers or successors.
Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. This article lists notable performance artists.