Preserving ancient art form : Mirza Mohammed Ali Baig( sourced from The HIndu)



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Mirza Mohammed Ali Baig is one of the few artists in the country who remains sole custodian of miniature-art tradition




Intricate work:Mirza Mohd. Ali Baig displaying a miniature painting done by him.
HYDERABAD: The unassuming countenance of Mirza Mohammed Ali Baig belies the 450-odd years of remarkable legacy he is bequeathed to. He is one of the few artists in the country, and probably the only one of his stature in the city, who remains to be the sole custodian of the miniature-art tradition that flourished in the city during the Mughal period.
Also well-versed in Persian, Kangda, Ajanta, Deccani, Chugtai and Nirmal art traditions, he was visited and commended by none other than the famous Nobel prize winning novelist Orhan Pamuk as ‘one of the master miniature artists in India'.
A peek inside his modest dwelling at Yakutpura will reveal amazing assortment of art works, some of which took months of toil for completion.
“I began painting at the age of seven, inspired by my uncle Mirza Akbar Ali Baig. Later, I joined the Nirmal Industry Training Centre to learn the trade. However, unable to tolerate the commercial atmosphere prevailing there, I quit,” Mr. Baig recollects.
Later, he fine-tuned his skills under the renowned artist Iqbal Hussain. Working from home since, he created thousands of masterpieces which adorned homes and establishments around the world.
He has won many honours, and his Micro Painting of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, Queen Mumtaz Mahal and Taj Mahal, all four inches in size, won him an award in the Third International Competition of the World Federation of Miniaturists in 2004. Fifty-five long years of engagement with microscopic details might have left him failing in sight, but not in spirit.
He still works continuously for six to seven hours. He makes his own brushes, thin enough to work the minute portions.
“When I was much younger, I would sit from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. on a painting.
It would take unwavering attention of two to twelve months to finish a single painting. Nowadays, nobody has the patience,” he laments.
Under ‘Guru Shishya Parampara', an initiative by the Union Ministry of Textiles, he trained 24 students in two batches of 12 and six months respectively, which, according to him, “is not enough to learn how to draw an eye properly”.
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to mark the Diamond Jubilee of her coronation is his latest work.

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