Ahmed Pervez is regarded as one of the key figures of modern art in Pakistan. Parvez was born in Rawalpindi on 7th July 1926. He moved to Srinagar in the late 1920s after his parents' separation. There, he studied at Government College for Boys, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, and later Gordon College, Rawalpindi. The family was drawn to artistic pursuits; his grandfather was an architect, his uncle Michael Jacobs had a studio in Lahore, and his sister Naz wrote poetry. Parvez was interested in art from a young age but was discouraged by his family, so he found employment at a clearing and forwarding agency in Karachi. In 1952, Parvez...