Indian Miniature & Devotional Portraits with Murad K. Mumtaz

Art Illuminated

English - April 07, 2022 02:30 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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Assistant Professor Murad K. Mumtaz is a Pakistani artist and researcher based in the US and currently teaching South Asian arts at the William College. Murad specialised in Indian miniature more specifically the Pahari painting style during his studies at the National College of Arts in Lahore and then he pursued a master’s of fine arts in Columbia University, where he started looking deeper into the history. We had such a great chat about all things miniature, inspiration and devotional portrait.

Images from this episode on www.instagram.com/artilluminatedpod

More from Murad: www.instagram.com/muradkhanmumtaz/

Murad's Youtube Series: https://youtu.be/6uqifLI_MfA

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