Amroha, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died
10 February 1987(1987-02-10) (aged 56)[2]
Karachi, Pakistan
Resting place
Sakhi Hassan Cemetery, Karachi
Nationality
Pakistani
Known for
Calligraphy, Painting, Murals, Poetry
Movement
Islamic calligraphy; Hurufiyya movement
Website
Sadequain Foundation
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi (Urdu: سیّد صادِقَین احمد نقوی) TI PP SI NI (30 June 1930 – 10 February 1987), and often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a historical Pakistani artist and poet best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced, having painted around 15000 paintings.[3][4] He is also recognised as the only artist in Pakistan to have received all four civilian awards such as the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, and Pride of Performance.[5]
He was also a poet, writing hundreds of rubāʿiyāt in the style of Omar Khayyam and Sarmad Kashani.[6]
^Google honours Pakistani artist Sadequain with doodle on his 87th birthday The News International (newspaper), Published 30 June 2017, Retrieved 8 February 2018
^Sadequain remembered The News International (newspaper), Published 11 February 2011, Retrieved 8 February 2018
^Sadequain: Pakistan’s Great Painter and Calligrapher by pakistanthinktank.org Retrieved 9 February 2018
^Ali, Farman (12 February 2023). "Iconic Sadequain's life, art celebrated". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^Ali, Farman (12 February 2023). "Iconic Sadequain's life, art celebrated". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^Iftikhar Dadi, Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia, Univ of North Carolina Press (2010), p. 170
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