{"id":10873,"date":"2020-04-26T19:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T19:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=10873"},"modified":"2020-04-26T19:50:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T19:50:58","slug":"proposal-from-american-federation-of-arts-washington-dc-post-marked-31st-january-1947-eight-months-before-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=10873","title":{"rendered":"PROPOSAL FROM AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS WASHINGTON DC &#8211; POST MARKED 31ST JANUARY, 1947, EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE PAKISTAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PROPOSAL FROM AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS WASHINGTON DC &#8211; POST MARKED 31ST JANUARY, 1947, EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE PAKISTAN<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Entrance-Barr-Building.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Entrance-Barr-Building-723x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10874\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Entrance-Barr-Building-723x1024.jpg 723w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Entrance-Barr-Building-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Entrance-Barr-Building.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Entrance Barr Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Archives record things long forgotten. American Federation of Arts was a society made in 1909 to first promote American art and then later to invite exhibitions from various other countries. They have been doing it from more than 100 years. In 1947 before the inception of Pakistan, a proposal was received by Chughtai artist for some sort of art cooperation. This was received at his traditional house in Chabuk Sawaran, at that time referral as in India. Sending by Air Mail, meant it was a time sensitive delivery. This is a rare envelope for the society left\u00a0 Barr building long time ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barr-Building-Washington-DC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"549\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barr-Building-Washington-DC-549x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10876\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barr-Building-Washington-DC-549x1024.jpg 549w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barr-Building-Washington-DC-161x300.jpg 161w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barr-Building-Washington-DC.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Barr Building Washington DC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What was the proposal? Not found yet. But certainly the artist was important enough in USA to receive a letter from this society. M.A. Rahman Chughtai had been displayed at various American institutions in 1931, due to activity of his promoter, Dr James Cousins. We have already taken out a blog on same. The tit bit here is an official American contact, as this society was patronized by President Theodore Roosevelt himself. It was in 1951 that Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan had gifted a painting of Chughtai artist to President Truman at a state ceremony. Records lead us to the truth of history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-proposal-from-American-Federation-17th-Jan-1947.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-proposal-from-American-Federation-17th-Jan-1947-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10875\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-proposal-from-American-Federation-17th-Jan-1947-1024x590.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-proposal-from-American-Federation-17th-Jan-1947-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-proposal-from-American-Federation-17th-Jan-1947-768x442.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-proposal-from-American-Federation-17th-Jan-1947.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A proposal from American Federation 17th Jan 1947<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROPOSAL FROM AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS WASHINGTON DC &#8211; POST MARKED 31ST JANUARY, 1947, EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE PAKISTAN Archives record things long forgotten. American Federation of Arts was a society made in 1909 to first promote American art and then later to invite exhibitions from various other countries. They have been doing it from more &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=10873\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PROPOSAL FROM AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS WASHINGTON DC &#8211; POST MARKED 31ST JANUARY, 1947, EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE PAKISTAN<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10873"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10877,"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10873\/revisions\/10877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}