Eminent painter Qudsia Nisar remembered
Karachi
May 6, 2021
The recipient of the Presidential Pride of Performance Award in 2018, Qudsia Nisar, who was a preeminent painter of Pakistan, passed away in Islamabad on 27th April 2021, according to a statement issued by the media manager, CMC (Pvt.) Ltd.
She had been suffering from various ailments for the past several months in Karachi until her brother and other family members moved her to Islamabad in March 2021, where, despite medical care, her condition worsened.
As a highly prolific painter, Qudsia Nisar was widely recognised by art critics as being the pioneer of using water colour in Pakistan to express abstract visions of modern art without using conventional figures and forms.
Qudsia Nisar
Qudsia Nisar is one of Pakistan’s renowned abstract expressionist painters whose works are greatly emphasised over the theme of peace. Her prowess abstract paintings are personal dialogues which she shares with her audience and challenge them to contemplate at the same time gives them a window to experience the violence and ambiguity the people of the country faced in her times.
She holds the credit of introducing non-figurative watercolour painting in the neighbouring country China which was highly appreciated and brought her more recognition. She served as a principal at the Central Institute and also as the head of fine arts department at the Bahawalpur University. She has many awards to her credit.