{"id":11610,"date":"2021-07-27T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11610"},"modified":"2021-07-27T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T13:30:24","slug":"the-origin-of-all-chughtai-works-is-in-this-house-all-art-works-preserved-for-additional-study-a-study-of-odds-and-ends-reveal-intricacies-of-art-paper-line-and-colour-important-but-feelings-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11610","title":{"rendered":"THE ORIGIN OF ALL CHUGHTAI WORKS IS IN THIS HOUSE, ALL ART WORKS PRESERVED FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY. A STUDY OF ODDS AND ENDS REVEAL INTRICACIES OF ART: PAPER, LINE AND COLOUR IMPORTANT BUT FEELINGS MOST."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE ORIGIN OF ALL CHUGHTAI WORKS IS IN THIS HOUSE,
ALL ART WORKS PRESERVED FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY.
A STUDY OF ODDS AND ENDS REVEAL INTRICACIES OF ART:
PAPER, LINE AND COLOUR IMPORTANT BUT FEELINGS MOST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western scholarship is great. A work is studied. An erased work is studied. A work drawn on another work is studied. The morons of our world have no study of anything, except grow imbecile on their flatulence. Emperor Jahangeer once made a statement. He said that he is an expert in looking at pictures. He can tell who painted what and what not? Who painted the eyes, who painted the lips?\u00a0 And so on. This is observation. When you have not even seen 10 originals in your life time, how can you make a statement about works?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A work by Leonardo da Vinci got sold for 45 million dollars. Scholars are discussing the work., for they have studied the intricacies. Imagine red flags being drawn with world experts on Leonardo da Vinci. Nobody seems to be winning. Without such a study, no one can claim authenticity of a work. M.A. Rahman Chughtai wrote about a number of Fake Mughal works made in Bombay, and he had seen the forgers themselves. But no one willing to accept that.\u00a0 I have seen more works of Chughtai than anybody alive. I can judge things. I am after all the greatest living expert of Chughtai art. No one can challenge me on this account. When students used to visit Chughtai artist, instead of a mere signature, he would draw a figure for them. Many students of past must be carrying those memories. Then due to customs restrictions, some works were made in Delhi itself. This was to evade restrictions on movements. And then prints were made of those works. Legacy of Delhi’s first gallery Dhoomi Mal Dharam Dass. Many paintings carry seal of Indian customs on their back. This was to ensure coming back of works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n