Shakir Ali

Ali first joined Mayo School of Art as a lecturer in 1954 and after changing the name of Mayo School to National College of Arts in 1958, he became its first Pakistani principal in 1962. Widely known to have inspired cubism among the artists of Lahore, he had a huge following of artists in Pakistan, most of whom were his students including Muhammad Ahmad Khan, Jamil Naqsh, Bashir Mirza, and Ahmed Parvez. One of Ali’s major artworks is still hanging in his house which has now been turned into Shakir Ali Museum in Lahore.