Eqbal Mehdi (1 April 1946, Amroha,

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– 19 May 2008,

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) was a Pakistani painter artist. He is famous for his pen drawings.

Early life

Eqbal Mehdi was born to Syed Mir Ali, in Amroha, then

(now

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).Honouring Eqbal Mehdi
Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 December 2009, Retrieved 11 July 2019 Mehdi and his brother moved to Pakistan during the late 1950s.

Art career

Eqbal Mehdi was a self-taught artist. He has taught many people the art of painting in India and Pakistan. Mustajab Shelle of Amroha, India and Siraj Uddun Dehlvi of Pakistan and Muhammad Ali Shaikh from Larkana, Pakistan are his students. He was an artist for ''Lail o Nahar'', and also did illustrations for another magazine, ''Sab Rang''.

Art exhibits

* Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi solo exhibit back in 1969

Death

Eqbal Mehdi died in Karachi on 19 May 2008Death Anniversary of Artist Eqbal Mehdi being observed today
AbbTakk TV News website, Published 19 May 2017, Retrieved 11 July 2019 from liver and heart disease. He was married and had two children.

Awards

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Award by the

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Eqbal Mehdi's Art Exhibition For A Greater Cause
ARY Digital TV News website, Published 6 September 2018, Retrieved 11 July 2019

References

External links

Eqbal Mehdi Biography

Eqbal mehdi paintings
1946 births 2008 deaths People from Amroha Muhajir people Pakistani Shia Muslims Recipients of the Pride of Performance Artists from Karachi 20th-century Pakistani painters {{Pakistan-painter-stub Pakistani painters Pakistani artists Indian emigrants to Pakistan