Jamil Naqsh


Jamil Naqsh was born in 1938 in Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, India, but moved to Karachi in Pakistan following the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. In 1953, he enrolled at the National College Art (then Mayo College) in Lahore, but did not complete his education there, leaving after two years to study art on his own.

Naqsh, an independent spirit, found he had to discover a visual idiom for himself that could not be bound by...
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Honours and Awards
  • 2003 Subject of an extensive retrospective exhibition at the Mohatta Palace, the only artist to have been thus honored in his lifetime
  • 1989 President's Pride of Performance Award
  • 1980 Shakir Ali Award, Ministry of Culture, Government of Pakistan
  • 1962 Gold Medal, Pakistan Arts Council, Karachi
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    Lot 25 Details

    24 Hour Auction: Art of Pakistan 7-8 November 2012

    Jamil Naqsh

    Untitled

    Acrylic on canvas

    27 x 26.5 in

    Winning bid
    $27,692
    Rs 14,40,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)



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    Lot 23 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 10 October 2023

    Jamil Naqsh

    Untitled

    Pencil on paper

    11.25 x 8 in

    Winning bid
    $732
    Rs 60,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 29 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 4 April 2023

    Jamil Naqsh

    Untitled

    Pencil on paper

    11.5 x 8.25 in

    Winning bid
    $951
    Rs 78,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 25 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 28 March 2023

    Jamil Naqsh

    Untitled

    Pencil on paper

    11.5 x 8.25 in

    Winning bid
    $1,610
    Rs 1,32,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 23 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 7 February 2023

    Jamil Naqsh

    Untitled

    Pencil on paper

    11.75 x 4.75 in

    Winning bid
    $815
    Rs 66,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


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