With the advent of Islam, the creation of different kinds imagery, portraits, statues and the like saw a massive decline. The main reason for this was the need to discourage the followers of the new religion from making sketches of what Allah might appear like, as well that of His prophet. Therefore the Islamic art took over a new form, calligraphy.

Artists then poured their heart and soul into this new form of art and gave rise to geometric pattern more alive than portraits or images themselves. Calligraphy is one of the most popular forms of Islamic art to date. From centuries, scribes and then artists worked hard to create visual masterpieces from verses of the Islamic Holy Book the Quran in the Arabic script.

The calligraphy while originally making use of basic Arabic script is known to depict anthropomorphic figures that symbolically represent creatures, the most notable one being that of a lion, a title given to the fourth Caliph of Islam Ali.

Calligraphy requires the use of a special kind of a brush or a ‘Qalam’ as it is known, accompanied with colored ink. A few careful strokes of the brush and the calligraphers are able to create masterpieces.

Once such calligrapher, whose work precedes his name is Asghar Mughal. Famous for being the only calligrapher to work without brushes, Mughal has introduced new concepts and ideas into the age old form of art and therefore his work is a beautiful fusion of history and modernity. Using colors in beautiful multidimensional aspects, he has managed to develop what he calls ‘a galaxy of colors on canvas’.

Hailing from a small city of Okara in Pakistan, Mughal studied the art under some of the best commercial painters like Sabir Hussain and Zahid Hussain. And soon with their guidance began creating his own personal masterpieces.

Asghar Mughal has been awarded numerous awards for his dedication as well as for the top quality of his work. He however like most talented people in Pakistan remains underappreciated. I doubt there are many people in the country who have not come across his work at some point in their lives. However while his work is popular all over the world including in countries like UK, Germany, Spain, Moscow, UAE and USA, not many people know his name.

His work has been displayed in numerous countries across the globe, and people interested in his work have purchased hundreds of his masterpieces through various exhibitions. Usually to own his artwork, you had to place an order with him in advance, or visit local markets in search of the original Asghar Mughal pieces. This however time consuming and there is a very high chance that you might end up with a counterfeit item. Therefore simply for your ease, Asghar Mughal artwork is now being marketed online. You simply select the design you are interested in, place an order for it and within days you can have the beautifully created calligraphic artwork in your hands. You can be a 100% sure of its authenticity and save time buying whatever you need, right from home.

For more information please Like Asghar Mughal facebook page.

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