Shakir Ali (artist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Pakistani artist
Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1914
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1975
Profession: artist, painter
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Shakir Ali (artist)
- Shakir Ali (Urdu: ???? ??? (1975–1916) was an influential modern Pakistani artist and an art teacher.
- He was the principal of the National College of Arts in Lahore.
- He first joined Mayo School of Art as a lecturer in Art 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, Ahmed Pervez and others.
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