Anna Molka Ahmed

Anna Molka Ahmed
Born	1917^[1]
Died	1995
Residence	Lahore, Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistan, British
Fields	Painting and Fine Arts
Institutions	University of the Punjab
Alma mater	Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Anna Molka Ahmed (1917^[1]–1995) was a famous Pakistani artist and pioneer of fine arts ^[2] in the country after its independence in 1947. She was a professor of fine arts at the University of the Punjab in Lahore.

Anna Molka's father, painted in 1950 by Anna Molka

Background

She was born to Jewish parents, in London, England. Her mother was Polish and father was a Russian. She studied painting, sculpture and design at St. Martin School of Arts, London.^[3]

Art career

In 1940, Professor Emeritus Anna Molka Ahmed set up the Department of Fine Arts, now the College of Arts and Design at the University of the Punjab,^[4]

Awards and honours

Awarded Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (1963),^[5] the highest civil award for her services in the field of fine arts education in the country.
Awarded President's Award for the Pride of Performance in 1969.^[5]
Khudeja Tul Kubra Medal

Postage stamp

On 14 August 2006, Pakistan Post issued a Rs. 40 sheetlet of stamps to posthumously honour 10 Pakistani painters. Besides Anna Molka Ahmed, the other nine painters were: Laila Shahzada, Askari Mian Irani, Sadequain, Ali Imam, Shakir Ali, Zahoor ul Akhlaq, Zubeida Agha, Ahmed Pervez and Bashir Mirza.

References

1 2 Laila Shahzada
↑ "Anna Molka Ahmed: A Painter with a Difference". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ Sumera Jawad (August 12–18, 2011). "Remembering Anna Molka Ahmed". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ College of Arts & Design, University of the Punjab. Archived 3 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
1 2 http://www.lailashahzada.com/Recognition/Stamps/AnnaMolkaAhmed/Default.aspx

External links

Pride of Performance for Arts

1958–1959	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhri (1958)

1960–1969	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ustad Allahbaksh (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Ustad Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968) Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Laila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969)

1970–1979	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Abul Qasim Mohammad Moslehuddin (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Ahmed Pervez (1978) Iqbal Bano (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Ghulam Farid Sabri (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Anna Molka Ahmed (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathane Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979)

1980-1989	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Faqir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Nasir Jehan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Uzma Gillani (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984) Begum Khursheed Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Mohammad Ali (1984) Syed Anwar Hussain, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) G.A. Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Agha Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989) Mian Shaukat Hussain (1989)

1990-1999	Saleem Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (1990) Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) * Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi (1991) Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992) Munir Niazi (1992) Ismail Shahid (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S.H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Agha Nasir (1993) Farooq Qaiser (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Naheed Siddiqui (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Ustad Allah Rakha (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Begum Khursheed Shahid (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Nadeem Baig (1997) Mumtaz Mirza (1998) Salima Hashmi (1999)

2000-2009	Jamil Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (2003) Moneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Muhammad Yusuf Khan (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Arif Lohar (2005) Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Tassawar Khanum (2005) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Zehra Nigah (2006) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Munnu Bhai (2007) Allah Bukhsh (2008) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Late Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Tari Khan (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) Ghayyur Akhtar (2009)

2010-Present	Masarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Habib (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (Late) (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (Late) (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Saira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Noman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Javed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 96589878 LCCN: n98062247 ISNI: 0000 0000 7896 1996 ULAN: 500123107

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