Zubeida Agha was among the first Pakistani Modern Artists.
10 Facts About Zubeida Agha
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Zubeida Agha was born in 1922 in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Zubeida Agha was influenced by the works of Mario Perlingeri, an Italian prisoner of war in India at that time.
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Zubeida Agha joined Saint Martin's School of Art, London in 1950, later moving on to Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris in 1951.
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Zubeida Agha is considered as a premiere painter of Pakistan and a pioneer of modern art in the country.
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Zubeida Agha was one of the great colourist painters in the history of Pakistani painting.
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Zubeida Agha uses colour not only for itself, but to lend truthfulness and depth of meaning to her images, using her amazing imagination to provoke the viewer into thought.
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In November 2002, a large exhibit of Zubeida Agha paintings was held at Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore.
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Zubeida Agha is often called a torch-bearer of modern art in Pakistan.
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Zubeida Agha's work is on permanent display at the National Art Gallery of Pakistan National Council of the Arts in Islamabad, Pakistan.