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Jamil Naqsh

Jamil Naqsh (1939 - 2019) was active/lived in Pakistan.  Jamil Naqsh is known for Modernist painting of nude female figures, abstract faces, birds.

Jamil Naqsh is one of Pakistan’s most celebrated figurative painters. Throughout his career, one of the themes he remained preoccupied with was the female form, depicted in his distinctive style.

Naqsh studied at the Mayo School of Arts and Craft under the guidance of the modern miniaturist, Ustad Mohammad Sharif. “As Naqsh continued to produce work […] and earn critical acclaim, his style began to reflect a multiplicity of influences from art movements in Europe and America. He fused Cubist elements, pointillist techniques and the geometrical division of the ‘pictorial’ space with striking results.” (N. Askari, Jamil Naqsh: A Retrospective, Karachi, 2003, p. 13)

Writing about his work, Manjorie Husain noted, “his early training (as a miniaturist) enables him to ‘accept the necessity of monotony.’ He sits cross-legged for hours at a stretch, totally absorbed in producing canvases of such depth and vitality that the end effect is magnificent.” (M. Husain, Jamil Naqsh: A   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2218 characters.]  Artist bio

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