Abstract
Not much has ever been written about the artisans of Lahore nor the occupants of the city were interested in documenting their works. The visual evidence, located with great difficulty, revealed that Lahore has been thriving with artistic activities since centuries. Apart from artefacts associated to the city, an important source of information is the innumerable descendents of these artisans. Most of the information in the current research is based on the interviews of the family members who were linked to art, architecture and crafts.1 Many of them still reside in the walled city of Lahore, inside Mochi Darwaaza, Mori Darwaaza, Bhati Darwaaza, Lohari Darwaaza etc. But some have shifted outside the walled city, living in Shad Bagh, Mughalpura, Wasan Pura and other areas. During the research an interesting fact was revealed that some of the children of those great masters are pursuing art related professions even today. The artisan discussed in the paper is Imam Din who was active in the 20th century. He belonged to a family who had been practicing arts since centuries. Their creations show the true trends of those Lahori artists whose families continued with the arts and crafts traditions even in the worst of times.
Kanwal Khalid. (2016) Life Of An Artisan……. The Generation Dying Away, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 29, Issue 2.
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