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Masters in
fine arts, University of the Punjab Lahore; postgraduate study
at Slade School, University College, London. One-man shows:
Lahore 1962, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1993; Karachi 1971,
1974, 1980; Rawalpindi 1971, 1975. Participated in group shows
at Lahore 1958, 1960; Karachi, Dacca, Milan, Turkey, Jordan,
Japan, Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United States of America.
Paintings acquired by private and public collections including
the Pakistan Arts Council Lahore; Pakistan National Art Gallery;
National Arts Gallery, Jordan. Has won several national and
provincial awards including the Quaid-i-Azam award for painting
1979 and President's Pride of Performance award, 1995. |
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| National
College of Arts, 1961 |
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Not
surprisingly this institution, which has produced many generations
of artists, has also been the most frequently painted of Lahore's
historic buildings. Established as the Mayo School of Arts in
memory of the British Viceroy of India, Lord Mayo who was assassinated
in 1872, it was erected with funds raised by subscription. Formally
sanctioned in 1974, it began as a school in a house in Anarkali
and shifted when this building was completed in 1882. John Lockwood
Kipling, from the Government Art School in Bombay and father
of the Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling, was its first Principal.
In this early work Colin David in the semi-abstract manner,
responds to the architectural elements of this centre of excellence. |
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| Railway
Platform, 1960 |
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British laid the railway system and opened out large tracts
of land in the Punjab to commerce and trade. It transported
raw material to the ports on the Arabian Sea and troops to fight
in the north. The construction of the station started in 1859
under Sir John Lawrence, Chief Commissioner of the Punjab (1858
- 1859) and was conceived as a fortress in view of the Uprising
of 1857. Colin David however, goes beyond the defensive structure
and brick gables. He prefers the human dimension. Not for him
the architectural achievement of the British. Not for him the
architectural achievement of the British, but the humbler life
of the common man inside, on the platform. |
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