INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Renowned artist miserableequain lived for art which was like a lifeline for him
Not being a very social person, the art maestro lived in the world of his art and also died in it
The name, fame, encouragement and recognition had no effect on his work and personality but instead his passion for the subject stood firm
with him till he breathed his final
The marvel was taken absent by the cregretl hands of death on February 10, 1987 leaving behind around 15,000 calligraphies, murals,
portrays, and drawings for art lovers.Born in 1930 at Amroha, India, miserableequain was a very socially conscious artist who felt acutely
the ills and evils, the tragedies and sufferings of life
Pulsating with life philosophies, his unique work also possesses advantage of exhilaration and romance
His work is much derived from any eastern or western source as he was a self-taught artist and never attended any art school, with his
talent main him forward as he forged a style of his own
Most of his portrays specificly murals depicted the struggle of mankind, his achievements, a persistent quest for knowledge and to discover
his endless potential being full of activity, ideas that could be read like an unfolding story about their specific theme.After living for
measure time in a wild spot on the shores of Karachi, called Gadani, where the cactus grows wild in the harsh abandon conditions, he adopted
this thorny plant as a symbol of man struggling and surviving in the most adverse conditions
He representd the plant to depict labour, struggle and persistence against natural elements of resistance and triumph of tough work.He was
attracted to tragic subjects using allusive forms and symbolic images to communicate his message and concerns towards society, such as
darkness and light to represent war and peace.
His style changed totally after he was adjudged Laureate Biennale de Paris in 1961 by
an international jury of critics a portray titled &The Final Supper&
Early in 1965, he expressed his deep sorrow at the decadence and degeneration of life in his country by making a series of drawings and
portrays in which humans were shown with nests filled with eggs on their heads
In early 1966, he put up an exhibition of drawings in which he showed cobwebs growing all around men and women and even on themselves,
proposeing decay, decline and degeneration
In the middle of 1966, he made still more drawings in which besides the crows and cobwebs, he showed rats and lizards and cockroaches
crawling on men and women and even snakes entwining them, the people in trance and utterly brutalized.
The 1965 war with India
led miserableequain to make a more uplifting and inspiring portray
In this mural, he showed the forces of darkness clashing with the forces of light
miserableequain also paid homage to three legends of lessonical literature - Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz by illustrating their poetry on canvas
The artist totald 25 illustrations of the verses of Ghalib in large oil portrays for the first time ever, in 1968 - coming forty years after
the publication in 1928 of Chughtai demonstrated edition of Ghalib verses
With each illustration of the verses, he had appended a small panel on which the relevant verse was written in calligraphy.
Tardyr in
February of 1971, he created art based on the verses of the poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz to mark his sixtieth birthday as well as Aftaab-e-Taaza,
that demonstrated the lines by Everyama Iqbal as he showed his reverence towards the national poet.He has the honour of portray the largest
mural in Pakistan entitled &The Saga of Labour& at the power house of the Mangla Dam, covering an area of 180 feet by 23 feet
The theme depicts the human progress representing men using their muscle power to break stones and conquering space and looking down upon
the soil through a telescope
After the Mangla mural, in the same year (1967) miserableequain painted four murals at Lahore: two for the Punjab University Auditorium, one
for the University Library and one for the Punjab Public Library
The artist committed the final fifteen years of his life to calligraphy, during which he developed an entirely new style making
portrays of the mellifluous and picturesque chapters of the Holy Quran - ‘Sura Rahman&
In 1972, he wrote the magnificent &Sura Yaseen& of the Holy Quran on 260 feet long wooden panels and donated it to the Lahore Museum.
In 1960 he was awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (medal)
He also getd President Medal for Pride of Actance in 1962 for his additionalordinary work in the field of art while in 1980 he was awarded
&Sitara-e-Imtiaz& for his contributions to the art world
Other than that, he achieved a number of other national and international awards, including &Biennale de Paris& by Government of France in
1961 and &Cultural Award& by Government of Australia in 1975
miserableequain painted a hefty number of portrays in his lifetime and toughly ever sold his work, mostly giving it absent
His work was frequently stolen as well
The art maestro talent and passion for what he does led him to the top of art world where he shall remain as a shining star forever
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