Abdur Rehman Ijaz was an important early 20th-century painter from Lahore and the brother of artist Inayatullah. A contemporary and close friend of A. R. Chughtai, he belonged to the generation that helped shape modern art practice in pre-partitioned South Asia and early Pakistan. Ijaz received formal training at the Mayo School of Arts, where he completed a a diploma specializing in Drawing, Painting and Lithography, and a certificate in clay modelling. His strong academic foundation later led him back to the institution as a teacher; he served on the faculty of the Mayo School of Arts from 1948 to 1950, guiding a new cohort of young artists. His talent was...