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Ismail Gulgee

Ismail Gulgee was a contemporary Pakistani painter and sculptor known for both his representational portraits and calligraphic abstractions. The artist’s portraits of horses and people have a photographic quality, often relying on tone and repetitive brushstrokes, while his abstract works are colorful improvisations based in Abstract Expressionism and Islamic calligraphy. Born on October 25, 1926 in Karimpura, Pakistan, Gulgee studied civil engineering at Aligarh University in India before continuing his engineering studies at Columbia University and Harvard University. While in the United States, he began painting and developed his hybridized style. Today, Gulgee’s work is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as well as the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Sadly, he and his wife were murdered on December 16, 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan.

ART EDUCATION

1947 M.Sc (Hydraulics) Colombia University
1948 M.Sc (Soil Mechanics) Harvard

SOLO/GROUP SHOWS

2007 ‘Trinity Revealed’ at Gandhara-art in Hong Kong
2006 Group Show, Ibteda-The Beggining at gandhara-art.com(Pakistan's first virtual exhibition) Group Show "Pakistani Master's Show" at Park Hotel Delhi, India
1999 Calligraphy Exhibition at the Mohatta palace Museum, Karachi
1997 Solo Exhibition at the Pakistan Embassy, New York(solo)
1994 Exhibition at the Pakistan Headquarters at the U.N. Solo Exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute(solo)
1993 Solo Exhibition of Paintings at Meridian International Centre, Washington D.C. (solo) Participated in Old Masters Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art New Delhi
1988 Participated in 1st Art Biennial of Pakistan, Allhamra Art gallery, Lahore Solo Exhibition of Paintings and Sketches, Indus Gallery, Karachi(solo)
1987 Show of Pakistani Paintings, West Germany
1984 Group Exhibition at Fukuoka Museum, Japan
1982 Participated in "Paintings from Pakistan" at Hirshom Art Museum, Washington DC
1980 At Opening of the Agha Khan Centre, London, by Prime Minister Margaret Thacher, London Participated in Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
1979 Solo Exhibition of Paintings and Mosaics, Arts Council, Karachi(solo) Solo Exhibition of Paintings and Mosaics, Tokyo(solo)
1971 Paintings and Mosiacs, Islamabad
1969 Group Show at Emblem in Bronze, Foreign Ministers Conference, Karachi
1962 Private Showing of Sketches of President Eisenhower, President House, Karachi
1960 Group Exhibition at Commonwealth Exhibition, London1955Exhibition of Paintings, Ottawa
1950 1st Solo Exhibition, Stockhom, Sweden(solo)

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