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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>The vision starts with an observation. The artist himself confided in me many times the start of such a vision. He once showed me a small drop of paint left behind by a domestic wall painter. The drop had trickled down in a shape. The artist saw a shepherd in it, and the result a painting of a shepherd. Other events for him was throwing a stone in a pool of water and notice the ripples emanating from it. He even told me that when urinating, when the urine is falling on the floor, he notices its flowing. The natural flowing makes him handle the flowing line perfectly. As far as faces are concerned, he had the habit of sitting in a window and observing passerbys. Or walk in a crowded street and look at people. An observer once noticed that he saw the Zutshki sisters walk in the Arab Hotel outside Islamia College Lahore and was transfixed for a long time. As Paul Drury would say that the artist had a memory bank of faces from where he could issue cheques at will for inclusion in his works. Millions of people have seen the Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci, but how many saw the hidden messages in it. Picasso made a statement that an artist is blind and does not see with his eyes. He paints what he feels. Chughtai Sahib paints what he imagines as a literal prophecy. That is why often people say one important thing about him, he was a gifted artist by Divine role. Not an ordinary make believe artist, he was the exceptional Master of Modern Muslim Civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tackling composition and symbolism in his works needed desperately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the next step read our published blog: NOBODY KNOWS THE FIRST VISION OF ANY CHUGHTAI WORK;LIKE PROPHECY A COLOURED IMAGE BUT STARTS WITH SCROLL. It should be kept in mind that Chughtai Art was not created in a vacuum. Days and nights spent in experimenting with\u00a0 lines as well as colors. That preparation is well understood. But all that is craftsmanship, here … Continue reading NOBODY KNOWS THE FIRST VISION OF ANY CHUGHTAI WORK; LIKE PROPHECY A COLOURED IMAGE BUT STARTS WITH SCROLL.<\/span>
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