Anna Molka Ahmed

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Anna Molka Ahmed
educator
Spouse
Sheikh Ahmed
(m. 1939; div. 1951)
[3]
AwardsTamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) by the Government of Pakistan in 1963
Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1969

Anna Molka Ahmed (13 August 1917[4] – 20 April 1994) was a Pakistani artist and a pioneer of fine arts in the country after its independence in 1947.[3] She was a professor of fine arts at the University of the Punjab in Lahore.[2]

Early life and career

Anna Molka Ahmed was born Molly Bridger to

Royal Academy of Art.[5][6]

Ahmed moved to

Professor Emeritus Anna Molka Ahmed set up the Department of Fine Arts now called the College of Arts and Design at the University of the Punjab, which she headed until 1978.[6][5]

In 1951, Anna divorced her husband, Sheikh Ahmed, but remained in Pakistan with her two daughters until her death on 20 April 1994.[3]

In her 55-year career, "she was well known as a painter of evocative landscapes, grand thematic figurative compositions and observant, insightful portraits. Her works are characterized by a signature impasto technique executed in a flamboyant, vivid palette."[7]

Awards and honours

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) (1963) by the Government of Pakistan for her services in the field of fine arts education[2][5]

On 14 August 2006,

Ahmed Pervez and Bashir Mirza.[8]

Google Doodle for her

On 1 June 2020, Google celebrated her with a Google Doodle.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b HB, Jalal. "Ana Molka Ahmed – the first woman painter of Pakistan".
  2. ^ a b c d "Profile and Anna Molka Ahmed's awards info listed". lailashahzada.com website. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ana Molka Ahmed: The First Female Painter of Pakistan". Pakistanpaedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Anna Molka Ahmed | Anna Molka Ahmed Biography | History of Anna Molka Ahmed". urdubiography.com website. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "Celebrating Anna Molka Ahmed (her Google Doodle)". Google website. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Profile of Professor Anna Molka Ahmed". The Friday Times (newspaper). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Bonhams : Anna Molka Ahmed (Pakistan, 1917-1994)". Bonhams.com website.
  8. ^ "Commemorative postage stamps for Ten Great Painters of Pakistan". lailashahzada.com website. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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