Renowned artist Ismail Gulgee, his wife Zarine along with their maid were found dead here at their residence on Wednesday. The initial investigations reveal that they were killed about two to three days ago.
Ismail Gulgee was an award-winning, world famous Pakistani artist who was born in Peshawar on October 25, 1926. A qualified engineer from the U.S, he was a self-taught abstract and portrait painter.
From about 1960, Guljee was noted as an abstract painter influenced by the tradition of Islamic calligraphy and by the American “action painting”. The legendary Ismail Gulgee was entirely self-taught, and was renowned as a portrait painter in his early career. One of his most famous early works was the portrait of Afghanistan’s Shah Zahir Shah painted in 1957.
“My biggest wish was that in my country, a time would come when people start having respect for artists. That hasn’t happened. Artists are so vulnerable. Their profession is so difficult. Zindagi, rozi kamane ke liye kitna mushkil hae [Life, it’s tough to earn a living]. How much they sacrifice to be an artist. Except for respect, there is nothing else they can get.”
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