Anna Molka Ahmed

Categories

1917 births

1994 deaths

English people of Russian-Jewish descent

English people of Polish-Jewish descent

People from Punjab Province (British India)

British women academics

Academic staff of the University of the Punjab

20th-century British women artists

Recipients of the Pride of Performance

Converts to Islam from Judaism

Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz

Pakistani educators

British emigrants to India

20th-century women painters

Artists from Lahore

Pakistani women academics

Pakistani women educators

Pakistani women painters

20th-century Pakistani artists

20th-century Pakistani painters

20th-century Pakistani women artists

Pakistani people of Polish-Jewish descent

Pakistani people of Russian-Jewish descent

Anna Molka Ahmed (13 August 1917 – 20 April 1994) was a Pakistani artist and a pioneer of fine arts in the country after its independence in 1947.

Awards and honours

She was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) by the Government of Pakistan in 1963, for her services in the field of fine arts education.

Google Doodle for her

On 1 June 2020, Google celebrated her with a Google Doodle.

References

External links

Ten Great Painters Stamps by Pakistan Post
[http://pakistanpaedia.com/celeb/stamps_of_honour-painters.html]