Allah Bux was a Pakistani painter and etcher. He apprenticed at age five to Master Abdullah, a Mughal miniature artist of Lahore.
By 14, Bux had become an accomplished signboard painter. He worked as a carriage painter for Mughalpura Railway and as a scene painter for Agha Hasher Kashmiri’s theatrical company.
In 1914, he went to Bombay, where he was employed as a photographer, retouch artist and portrait and landscape painter at the Bombay Art Studio. After returning to Lahore in 1919, he became a fine art painter who supported himself as a commercial artist.
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Allah Bux – a commercial artist and etcher
