Rs 1.5m for Sadequain’s mural

LAHORE: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday approved a supplementary grant of Rs 1.5 million for the restoration of Sadequain’s mural as part of the upgrading of the Lahore Museum. From the paintings in the museum, is an exquisite large masterpiece, attributed to Sadequain. The painting is fixed at the ceiling of the museum’s entrance hall, spanning almost its entire length. The painting, known as Sadequain’s mural, has deteriorated over the years and is in immediate need of restoration and preservation. Sadequain was born in Amroha in 1930 and died in Karachi in 1987. He designed the painting while working for the Lahore Museum on August 3, 1973. The painting covers 44 panels assembled together to form one giant canvas (29 x 7.8 meters). Each panel is oil on canvas, stretched on wooden frames, which in turn, are screwed onto a wooden framework fixed to the ceiling.

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