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Sadequain Naqqash was a Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. Critically acclaimed artist and poet Sadequain is among only a handful of Pakistanis whose name and work would transcend through centuries.

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This piece was seen at Lahore Museum in the 1960’s and 70’s. Since Sadequain’s death many of his paintings and murals have been lost or destroyed and it is rare to find a piece by him.

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Edwin Lord Weeks is one of the most celebrated of the American Orientalists, this certainly being so during his lifetime, and although quite a lot is recorded concerning his professional career and travels, much of this from his own extensive travel writings, relatively little is known about his private life.

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Since it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.

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Seher Shah’s practice uses experiences from the field of art and architecture to think about space, landscape, objects and aesthetics through drawing, printmaking and sculpture. In recent years her work has been concerned about the language of drawing and how to represent an experiential nature of space.

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Most recently spotted in Green Art Gallery, Seher Shah’s work constructs perspectives not just as a drawing method, but a process that allows for disaffected elements alongside the idealism inherent within architectural and cultural aesthetics. 

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Amrita Sher-Gil was an eminent Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a "pioneer" in modern Indian art.

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Sher-Gil’s work is exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi and shows a significant amount of her work throughout her short career as an artist.