Ejaz Art Gallery Exhibiting Abid Khan's Paintings Exhibition on 22nd Oct

Exhibition of Abid Khan Paintings "LOVE, PEACE, HARMONY"

Ejaz Art Gallery: Born in 1966 in Lahore to a working class family, Abid Khan started practical life early when he began helping his father, who was an optician, after the school hours. Being a below-average student, his studies could never interest him. Drawing school charts and learning an optician's skills were among his major interests. He continued working at his father's shop until he earned his Masters degree in English literature in 1993. With a passion to paint and draw, he kept on practicing on his own, as he lacked resources to have formal art education. In 1996, he met a senior painter, Khalid Iqbal, and showed him his works. He agreed to guide him because of his seriousness in learning to paint and this was the turning point for Abid Khan.

In 1999, he had his first solo show of cityscapes, executed with dry pastels though it was well-received by the media and art circles, only one painting was sold at the show due to which he had a lot of pressure from his family to do something else to earn living. However, his father supported him and encouraged him to continue to paint. He continued displaying his works regularly in solo shows, winning appreciation and gradually having his share in the art market. Inspired by the impressionist painters Monet and Van Gogh, he is working for more than 15 years with 10 solo shows to his credit. Popular for his delicately treated landscapes, he works with soft brushstrokes and mellow tones usually on low textured canvasses. He is among the few Lahore-based artists working as whole-time painters. the works of Iqbal Hussain, Colin David and Khalid Iqbal have been his permanent sources of inspiration.

His latest SHOW will be at EJAZ ART GALLERY named "LOVE, PEACE, HARMONY" on 22nd October, 2014 and will be remained on display till 1st November 2014. If you are a real art lover then you should visit this exhibition. Some of paintings which will be on display are:

The Songs of Flowers by Abid Khan

I Lived and Loved by Abid Khan

Love Peace Harmony by Abid Khan

You Loved Me Quite Enough by Abid Khan

The Songs of Springs By Abid Khan

A Life of Sensation By Abid Khan

Sweet Sweet Dream by Abid Khan

Life After Here By Abid Khan

I Speak No Latin More But Painting by Abid Khan

The World of Romance and Beauty by Abid Khan

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Ali Karimi A Top Figurative Artist

Ali Karimi |36" x 24"Charcoal on paper

Ejaz Art Gallery: Ali Karimi also known as the painter of romance is a young upcoming artist from National Collage of Arts Lahore, Pakistan. The college is known for its high performance in creating the best artist.  

“The romance in your life is always your best memory but when we visualize the memories they always seems watery, that’s what I try to paint”. This is Ali Karimi’s art in his own word.

In Pakistan Ali Karimi is a category of contemporary on his own; figures developed through wash paints of oil medium. He dilutes a single oil color to almost a consistency of water and using such a difficult medium to control he not only develops figures through these drops of colors but faces and expression as well. Featuring Bahtay Rang are his paintings of women in different postures. He is also very good with the paintings made from charcoal on paper as you can see from the above picture.

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Ather Jamal the Portraiture of Classic Tradition

Ather Jamal    |40" x 26"|       Water Color on Paper

Ejaz Art Gallery: Every artist has his favorite medium. I feel that I can express myself with ease through water colors even though it’s a difficult medium in more ways than one”, says Ather Jamal, in an interview.

He is an artist in the classic tradition. He is an exponent of spontaneous, on-spot painting and for years he has made a practice of moving around the country, sketching and painting landscape views and scenes from life.

He is renowned for the Thar series, in which he has documented the costumes, homes and customs of the ancient Thar region of Pakistan that maintains the traditions of an ancient culture. In his work, the geometrically inclined vertical and horizontal planes of the surface of his paintings are juxtaposed with the soft-edged form and drapery of the subject. Jamal makes frequent trips to the area where people go about their work while he quietly sketches and paints. Focusing on the figure as the subject of the painting, his figure studies are dramatic renderings of shades. . His work has been exhibited in Europe, the UK and Asian countries as well as cities of Pakistan

Back in Late 80's he was a teacher of Design Department. Many students were always around to get information and tips to improve their Fine Art.  Sir Ather Jamal, inspiration and ideal who guided every student of his through their course of studies and helped thousands of students to enhance their art to maximum. Ather Jamal never say no to his students, his artistic hands were dancing on paper with various medias. He can create any colorful image in few minutes.

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Ejaz Art Gallery Launched a New Service of FRAMER Yesterday

Framer:43-L, Nishay Tower, MM-Alam Road, Gulberg III, Lahore, Pakistan.

Ejaz Art Gallery: Yesterday at 7 p.m, Ejaz art gallery did the opening ceremony of New FRAMER, which is the framing services provided by Ejaz art gallery for paintings as well as people personal portraits.

The inauguration held on 26 September with Saeed Akhtar as a chief guest. Many painting of famous Artists from around the globe were on display at the time of opening. This is the unique initiative took by Ejaz art gallery to uplift the awareness of paintings in Pakistani culture which will enhance the existing overlook of the people towards the new trends of paintings.

A short Glimpse of FRAMER is presented below. Have a look.

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Very Beautiful Painting By Mashkoor Raza

Mashkoor Raza      |36" x 30"|    Code: PT: 3721        Oil on Canvas

Ejaz Art Gallery: This very beautiful painting was made by very famous painter of pakistan "Mashkoor Raza". This painting was made by a technique known as Oil on Canvas and have the size of 36 inches x 30 inches. You can see the detail and complexity of work Mashkoor has taken into this painting.

Mashkoor Raza is one of the most celebrated and talented artists of Pakistan who like to paint horses and women a lot. Once a senior artist said “The artist who is capable to draw and paint “A Horse” with its right proportion, and anatomy is a true and qualified Artist”. Mashkoor Raza is known for his Figurative Abstract and has been acknowledged by every viewer as well as artist.

Dutch and French artists tried to incorporated horses in their paintings over the last centuries but not a single one has created such creative and complex abstract compositions with a lively and exciting line work and no one has used such glowing colours in variegated synchronisations like Mashkoor in Pakistan. The majestic animal bears immense fascination for Mashkoor. Horses serve both as a subject and symbol in his paintings. He portrays horses as a symbol of beauty, power and speed. He maximises the impact of his strong drawing skills to establish details in small and large canvases alike. Mashkoor uses the language of colours, which contains a degree of independence from visual references in the real world i-e, Horse s and Women. 

Mashkoor has been holding solo exhibitions almost every year since he graduated from Karachi School of Art in Fine Art in 1972 standing first, in the First Division and winning a gold medal. Today he is proud of being one of the school's first graduates. He has also participated in many national and international displays around the globe and his paintings have been selected for the art collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A large number of art lovers, artists, art students, art critics and collectors visited the gallery and admired Mashkoor Raza's work and the book. 

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Iqbal Hussain The Radical Painter of Pakistan

Iqbal Hussain               |19" x 22"|           Code: PT: 3257            Oil on Board

Ejaz Art Gallery: Iqbal Hussain is famous for the controversial topics that he has been painting since long. He born in the city famed for the performing arts like music and dance. Iqbal Hussain has been a great exponent of figurative painting with a convinced approach that can be titled as the antithesis of feminism and its accepted etymology. Female figures in his paintings, do not present the concept of splendor and fragility that we associate with the woman. His paintings, rather display the other side of the society where the dialect of this term is confined to materialistic exploitation of the human nature and emotions. In his paintings female body represents that she does not stand for the accepted values of a society for a woman. 

With this attitude and style, Iqbal Hussain became known as a socially aware artist within his capacity as a painter. He is among those practitioners of art who used art for life. His art is alive because it is deeply rooted in the society and culture he lives in; this applies to both of his figurative and landscape or cityscape painting.

The cityscapes of Iqbal Hussain, seem the continuity of his figurative painting as they represent the disheveled complexity of the walled city architecture, in a manner that its walls, roofs and the heavy environment adds to the unheard silence of the noisy and busy life around.

These cityscapes let the viewer wander through the intertwined streets, breathe atop a rooftop, and sneak a glimpse of the Badshahi Mosque or the River Ravi. This practice also serves the artist to harmonise his profound perception to the infinity of nature. 

Iqbal emerged as a radical and notable painter of Pakistan owing to his serious concerns with the environment and ambiance where he was born and spent his early life and youth. Since he never shied away from own that locale, with all the sincerity and acknowledgement, his art is candid in its representation.

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Top Painter of Pakistan; Allah Bux

Allah Bux                |24" x 36"|                Code: PT: 3555                       Oil on Canvas

Ejaz Art Gallery: Ustad Allah Bux was a Pakistani veteran painter and etcher known for painting folk tales, village life, landscapes and portraits. He was born in Wazirabad in 1892. He worked as an apprentice to Ustad Abdullah at the tender age of five years. Ustad Abdullah was a true Mughal miniature artist of Lahore. In 1914 he went to Bombay, where he was employed as a photographer, retouch artist and portrait and landscape painter at the Bombay Art Studio. After returning to Lahore in 1919, he became a fine art painter who supported himself as a commercial artist. Most of his work was in oils and on larger scales but he also experimented with other mediums. He was good in water-colours, pen & ink, tempera colours, pencil and paints. His imagination is so strong that he has covers even the minutest of details in his paintings. 

He also learnt painting art from Master Meeran Bakhsh Naqash, a known teacher and painter and was also the Vice Principal of the Mayo School of Arts. Ustad Allah Bux worked for various private agencies as a commercial artist and never stayed at one job for long. 

He was awarded 1st prize in painting in a competition held in Bombay. Later on he was awarded countless prizes. He was also awarded Presidents medal for Pride of Performance. In 1979, through RCD's program, the government of Iran reproduced one of his paintings on a postage stamp.

He died on October 18, 1978, leaving behind a long list of his admirers and followers. Ustad Allah Bux was a real asset for this nation. His traditions will be preserved for generations to come and his contribution will always be remembered.

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Mashkoor Raza, Famous Painter of Pakistan

Mashkoor Raza  painting of horses      |48" x 72"|   Code: PT: 3418Oil on Canvas

Ejaz Art Gallery: Mashkoor Raza is one of the most celebrated and talented artists of Pakistan who like to paint horses and women a lot. Once a senior artist said “The artist who is capable to draw and paint “A Horse” with its right proportion, and anatomy is a true and qualified Artist”. Mashkoor Raza is known for his Figurative Abstract and has been acknowledged by every viewer as well as artist.

Dutch and French artists tried to incorporated horses in their paintings over the last centuries but not a single one has created such creative and complex abstract compositions with a lively and exciting line work and no one has used such glowing colours in variegated synchronisations like Mashkoor in Pakistan. The majestic animal bears immense fascination for Mashkoor. Horses serve both as a subject and symbol in his paintings. He portrays horses as a symbol of beauty, power and speed. He maximises the impact of his strong drawing skills to establish details in small and large canvases alike. Mashkoor uses the language of colours, which contains a degree of independence from visual references in the real world i-e, Horse s and Women.

The exhibition offers a wide perspective of Mashkoor's work. From images of women to action-packed horses - to calligraphic masterpieces and abstract art pieces, the exhibition encapsulates them all Mashkoor's major artworks are of commendable quality, bold colours combination and fine strokes capture the diverse presentation of women and horse in attractive semi-abstracts paintings while aesthetically beautiful calligraphy is also part of his works. Present at the occasion, the senior writer and art critic, Marjorie Husain praises the efforts of Nadeem Zuberi and said, "Zuberi has documented a fantastic book and he must carry on the good work". 

She affectionately speaks highly of the artworks by Mashkoor Raza. She said, "Mashkoor has a quiet unique style of painting, he has done terrific work. One thing I love about his work is that when you see his work you are actually communicating with him through that work and that's a special quality of him".
Speaking fondly about Mashkoor Raza she said, "Mashkoor is one of my favourite artists. His artworks has something that touches others heart. He is also a great person other than an artist. His bold colours come spontaneously from within. The way he uses strong and light colours in his compositions shows his unparalleled quality". 

Mashkoor has been holding solo exhibitions almost every year since he graduated from Karachi School of Art in Fine Art in 1972 standing first, in the First Division and winning a gold medal. Today he is proud of being one of the school's first graduates. He has also participated in many national and international displays around the globe and his paintings have been selected for the art collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A large number of art lovers, artists, art students, art critics and collectors visited the gallery and admired Mashkoor Raza's work and the book. 

Exhibtions and Awards Won by Mashkoor Raza: 

1976 Group Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1976 Group Show at Karachi “Artists from Sind”

1977 Group Show, Portrait of Iqbal.

1978 Solo Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1980 Solo Show at Indus Gallery, Karachi.

1981 National Exhibition by Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan, Islamabad

1982 Solo Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1982 Solo Show at Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan, Islamabad

1982 Group Show “Paintings from Pakistan” in the U.S.A.

1983 Solo Show at Gallery II, Karachi.

1983 Group Show in Japan through Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan.

1984 Solo Show at Shakir Ali Musuem, Lahore.

1985 Solo Show at Indus Gallery, Karachi.

1985 2nd Prize, National Exhibition by Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan.

1986 Solo Show, Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan.

1987 Solo Show at Sheraton Art Gallery.

1988 Solo Show at Gallery Chawkandi.

1988 Solo Show at Pearl Continental Art Gallery.

1988 Group Show 4th Asian Art Biennals Bangladesh.

Taken part in most Group Exhibitions.

My work is to be found in many Private Collections.

1989 Solo Show at Gallery Chawkandi.

1991 Solo Show at Gallery Chawkandi.

1992 Solo Show at Art Gallery, Islamabad.

1993 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery.

1994 Solo Show at Indus Art Gallery.

1995 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery.

1996 Solo Show at Artwala Gallery.

1996 Group Show at Mon Art Gallery.

1997 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery.

1997 Group Show at IZMIR.

1997 Group Show at Malaysia.

1997 Group Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1997 Solo Show at 20th Virsa Gallery ,Islamabad.

1997 Group Show Pakistan Artists at London.

1997 Solo Show at Momart Gallery, Karachi.

1998 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi

2000 Solo Show at Croweater Gallery, Lahore

2001 Solo Show at Art Gallery, Islamabad

2002 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi

2003 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi

2003 Solo Show at Nomad Art Gallery, Islamabad

2004 Solo Show at Aline Finance Art Gallery, Karachi

2004 Solo Show at Croweater Art Gallery, Karachi

2004 Solo Show at Nomad Art Gallery, Islamabad

2005 Solo Show at Gulmohar Art Gallery, Karachi

2006 Show at Hong Kong

2006 Group Show at Delhi from Ejaz Gallery

2007 Solo Show Dubai

2007 Solo Show at Nomad Art Gallery

2008 Native Art Gallery

2009 Solo Show at Nomad Art, Islamabad.

2010 Solo Show at Nomad Art, Islamabad


Besides above exhibitions he has participated in many national and international group shows in USA , Izmir, London, West Germany, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Canada, Bahrain and Iran. Painting selected for Paintings Collection at The Albert Museum, London.

The most recent award is The Presidential Pride of Performance in 2007.

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One of the Top Artist: A. Q. Arif

A.Q. Arif            |36" x 60"|        Code: PT: 3214          Oil on Canvas

Ejaz Art Gallery: A. Q. Arif is one of the most creative artist, Pakistan has ever seen. His paint and brush combinations always surprised his viewers on every exhibition.

A. Q. Arif is mostly known for his landscapes, which are very complex in their simple nature since last decade. Landscapes show simplicity and directness in appearance but their references are complicated. The field choose by Arif is practiced by many is a challenge but he took this challenge and pursued excellence in it. His canvases are a combination of the legacy in the form of palaces, gardens, forts and havelis and buildings for places left behind by the Mughals as well as the people who inhibited these places. Arif uses modern techniques to execute his paintings. Arif paints his old theme of Mughal and colonial architecture and then adds images of Mughal miniature like elephant on the prepared ground at appropriate places. In painting the architecture, he relies on his own energy and profundity. He is also called as a trendsetter for the young artists, which are emerging in the genre of landscape painting with a particular vision in mind.  

Circumstances took Arif to Lahore. A city full of Mughal Art, Lahore fascinated the jubilant artist. He was mentally relaxed in his new surroundings. His settled emotions were obvious in his new body of work at Ejaz Art Galleries, Lahore where he played with shades of blue and green overruling ochre. The viewer found a new tune on A. Q. Arif’s canvases.

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