Abdur Rahman Chughtai
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Chughtai wrote poetry in colours. Colours in his hands are in ecstasy and lines dance.
Muhammad Abdur Rahman Chughtai was one of the best painters of Pakistan. He was born on the 21st of September 1897 at Mohalla Chabuk Sawaran, in the old city of Lahore, Pakistan. His father was Kareem Baksh. Chughtai started his education at the Chiney-Wali mosque in Lahore and then went on to the Railway Technical School. He studied abroad too.
He painted Mughal, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist subjects and popular Punjabi tales.
He was the most famous representative of Pakistan. Original Chughtai’s paintings were gifted to all visiting heads of states.
He was famous in his own life time. Allama Iqbal, Pablo Picasso, Queen Elizabeth II were his admirers. An estimated 25 million people saw his Wembley show in 1924. One of the most successful UNICEF cards features a Chughtai.
His works are at the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Peace Palace Hague, UN Headquarters New York, Kennedy Memorial Boston, US State Department Washington DC, President's House Bonn, Nizam of Hyderabad, Queen Julianna's Palace in the Netherlands, Emperor's Palace Bangkok, President House Islamabad, Governors’ Houses in Lahore and Karachi and the National Art Gallery Islamabad.
Artist and gallery owner Salima Hashmi deems Chughtai one of South Asia’s foremost painters. “He was part of the movement that started in the early part of the 20th century to establish an identity indigenous to the subcontinent,” she said. “He rejected the hegemony of the British Colonial aesthetic.”
UNO art correspondent Jacob-Baal Teshuva wrote that Chughtai’s paintings are the most outstanding among the entire permanent collection of United Nations.
He designed the first stamps as well as the logos of Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television.
He was given the title, National Artist of Pakistan. Chughtai died in Lahore on January 17, 1975.
[edit] Stamps
 Stamp Designed in 1951 by Chughtai |
 Stamp Designed in 1948 by Chughtai |
 Stamp Designed in 1951 by Chughtai |
