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Shakir Ali(Pakistan, 1916-1975)Musician
24 October 2018, 13:00 BST
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Shakir Ali (Pakistan, 1916-1975)
Musician
Signed 'Shakir Ali' and dated '57 and further inscribed 'Musician' on reverse. Mayo School of Arts label on reverse.
Oil on board
53 x 61cm (20 7/8 x 24in).
Signed 'Shakir Ali' and dated '57 and further inscribed 'Musician' on reverse. Mayo School of Arts label on reverse.
Oil on board
53 x 61cm (20 7/8 x 24in).
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Provenance:
Private Collection, UK.
Born in Rampur, Utter Pradesh in 1922, Shakir Ali received his formal and academic art education at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and at the Slade School of Art in London. He later went on to study under Andre L'Hote in Paris and also in Prague before leaving Europe to live in Pakistan. He joined Mayo School of Art, Lahore as a lecturer in 1954 and soon after its rebranding as National School of Art in 1958, Shakir Ali became the institution's first Pakistani principle.

