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Famous Artists from Pakistan
List of the most popular artists from Pakistan, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries artists have been among the world's most important people, helping chronicle history and keep us entertained with one of the earliest forms of entertainment. Whether they're known for painting, sculpting, etching or drawing, the famous Pakistani artists on this list have kept that tradition alive by creating renowned pieces of art that have been praised around the world. You can find useful information below about these notable Pakistani artists, such as when they were born and where their place of birth was.
Artists on this list include Syed Abdul Mujeeb and Sadequain.
This list answers the questions, "Which famous artists are from Pakistan?" and "Who are the most well-known Pakistani artists?"
For further information on these historic Pakistani artists, click on their names. If you're a fine art lover use this list of celebrated Pakistani artists to discover some new paintings that you will enjoy.
Heaven, Evening garden party, Portrait of Sufi Waqar- Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
- Nationality: Poland, Pakistan, United Kingdom
- Art Forms: Painting
Anna Molka Ahmed (13 August 1917 –1995) was a Pakistani artist and a pioneer of fine arts in the country after its independence in 1947. She was a professor of fine arts at the University of the ...more- Ayesha Omer is a Pakistani actress, model, singer and painter. She is known for her role as Khoobsurat in Bulbulay, Natasha in Ladies Park, Sara in Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Arzoo in Tanhai and Aleena in ...more
- Raghu Rai (born 1942) is an Indian photographer and photojournalist. He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who appointed Rai, then a young photojournalist, to Magnum Photos in 1977. Rai became a ...more
- Anwar Jalal Shemza (Urdu: انور جلال شمزا) (14 July 1928 – 18 January 1985) was an artist and writer active in Pakistan and later the United Kingdom. Despite being better known as an artist, Shemza ...more
- Situation 1, Situation, Situation 2
- Birthplace: Pakistan, Quetta
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Painting
Jamal Shah (Pashto: جمال شاہ) is a Pakistani actor, director, painter, social worker, script writer, singer, song writer. He was born into a Pashtun Syed family in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, ...more - Meesha Shafi, is a Pakistani actress, model and a singer who has appeared in Pakistani, Hollywood and Bollywood films. Shafi made her film debut with a supporting role in the 2013 Mira Nair's ...more
- Anchor, Fleshy weapons, Seven beautiful daughters of Sethi
- Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan
- Nationality: Pakistan, United States of America
Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-American visual artist. Sikander works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, animation, installation, ...more - Anwar Maqsood Hameedi (Urdu: انور مقصود حمیدی) popularly known as Anwar Maqsood is a Pakistani scriptwriter, television host, satirist, humorist, and infrequent actor. He is well known for his drama ...more
- Zainul Abedin (29 December 1914 – 28 May 1976) was a Bengali painter. He became well known in 1944 through his Famine Series paintings of 1943. After the partition of India and Pakistan he moved to ...more
- Quest of Knowledge, The Last Supper, Iqbal
- Birthplace: Amroha, India
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Mural, Painting
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi (Urdu: سیّد صادِقَین احمد نقوی ), Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a Pakistani artist, best known ...more - Vespers I, Untitled (The most merciful, the most compassionate)
- Birthplace: Peshawar, Pakistan
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Sculpture, Painting
Ismail Gulgee also known as simply Gulgee (25 October 1926 – 16 December 2007) was a Pakistani painter artist. - Hameed Sheikh (Urdu: حمید شیخ) is an actor and producer from Pakistan. He is known for his major roles in Khuda Kay Liye, Operation O21 and Moor.
- The final flourish of an image, Abstract with red and white, The image makers
- Birthplace: Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Painting
Ahmed Parvez (Urdu: احمد پرویز) (1926 – 1979) was a modernist painter from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was a member of The Lahore Group in Pakistan and founder of the Pakistan Group in London. He was ...more - Pride Of The East, Sleeping Girl with Book, Lonely Lady
- Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Painting
Abdur Rahman Chughtai (21 September 1894 – 17 January 1975) was a painter artist and intellectual from Pakistan, who created his own unique, distinctive painting style influenced by Mughal art, ...more - Asim Butt (26 March 1978 – 15 January 2010) was a Pakistani painter and sculptor, with an interest in graffiti and printmaking. He was also a member of the Stuckism International art movement and ...more
- The Long Wait, Rain 1, Zones of Dreams
- Birthplace: India
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Painting
Salima Hashmi (Urdu: سلیمہ ہاشمی; born 1942) is a Pakistani painter artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry. She ...more - Tapu Javeri is an award winning Pakistani fashion and art photographer, radio host and jewellery designer. He works as a Freelance photographer and was the photo editor of the Xtra magazine. He ...more
- Syed Abdul Mujeeb (Urdu: سید عبدالمجیب) (12 February 1957 – 6 September 2009) was a medical scientist in the field of Microbiology. He was awarded the "Pride of Performance" by the President of ...more
- Bridal Lady, Thatta (Pakistan), Dancing Horse
- Birthplace: India
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Painting
Eqbal Mehdi (1 April 1946, Amroha, British India – 19 May 2008, Karachi, Pakistan) was a Pakistani painter artist. He is famous for his pen drawings. - Star 4, Incense Burner, Black Window
- Birthplace: Quetta, Pakistan
- Nationality: Pakistan
Lubna Agha (May 2, 1949 - May 6, 2012) was an American artist. She was of Pakistani descent and lived in Brookline, Massachusetts.Her art invokes a dialogue between the modern-abstract and ...more - Golden Mosque, Chitta Darwaza, Kanji Wala
- Birthplace: India
- Nationality: Pakistan
- Art Forms: Painting
Ajaz Anwar [ Urdu: اعجاز انور ] is a distinguished painter of Pakistan. He was a gold medalist at Punjab University & he completed his M.A in Fine Arts from Punjab University. Later, he went to teach ...more - Syed Afsar Madad Naqvi (Urdu: سید افسر مدد نقوی; 10 August 1933 – 11 January 1997), was a prominent 20th-century's sculptor. He is best known for his pure realistic monumental sculptures which can ...more
- Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930 – 5 April 1994) was a major qawwali singer, and a leading member of the Sabri Brothers, a leading qawwali group in Pakistan in the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s. He received the ...more
- Shakir Ali (Urdu: شاکر على (1975–1916) was an influential modern Pakistani artist and an art teacher. He was the principal of the National College of Arts in Lahore. He first joined Mayo School of ...more
- Zahoor ul Akhlaq (4 February 1941 – 18 January 1999) was a pioneering artist from Pakistan. He is known for his approach to painting, sculpture, design and architecture, as well as his teaching at ...more
