“Group Exhibition 40 Artists”
July 22, 2016“FOR THE LOVE OF WOMEN” By Iqbal Hussain
December 1, 2016
Professor Bashir Ahmad was born in Lahore,
Pakistan, in 1954. He obtained the National
Diploma of Arts in 1974 from the National College
of Arts, Lahore. He received Specialization in
Miniature
Painting with Moghul Court Painters
descendent Sheikh Shuja Ullah and from Patiala
Gharana's Haji Sharif. He
also undertook formal
training for the restoration of traditional Moghul
Persian, Ivory, contemporary miniature
paintings including the medium of oil and
water color, from Sheikh Shuja Ullah for nine years in the late 1970s.
He qualifed
his Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, in
Painting, Print-
making & Sculpture in 1985. This was later followed by a Master's
Degree in Public Administration from the
Punjab University in 2002.
Presently
Professor Bashir Ahmed
is conducting regular courses in Traditional Painting at the
Trust in Lahore Pakistan
. He has exhibited
extensively in-country and abroad and is recognized world wide
for his exceptional command over traditional
techniques of miniature painting. In
1983 he constituted the Bachelor's Degree Program for Miniature Painting
at the
National College of Arts, Lahore, by creating the first ever curriculum in the world
which, to date,
continues to produce numerous successful artists
Professor Bashir Ahmad has served as Principal and Head of
the Fine Arts Department
at the National College of Arts, Lahore. Presently he is conducting regular courses
in
Traditional Painting at the Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani Trust, Lahore, Pakistan.