LAHORE: (Thursday, December 27, 2012): Punjab University College of Art and Design in collaboration with the Lahore Museum mounted an exhibition of paintings under the title of “Landscapes, Cityscapes and related Conceptual Paintings” at The Contemporary Painting Gallery of the Lahore Museum. This exhibition is being organized to honour teachers and graduates of the College of Art and Design, University of the Punjab for their important role in the creation of the modern Pakistani Landscape Painting tradition. This exhibition is very unique and of historic value, as it presents a chronological and historical journey of the Landscape Painting in Pakistan starting from 1947 to date. This assortment of painting is the first and biggest ever collection of this genre, displayed under one roof. The work Ustad Alla Bakhsh, Muhammad Hussain Hanjra, Khalid Iqbal, Zulqarnain Haider, Mughees Riaz, Kaleem Khan, Ghulam Rasul, Shahid Jalal, Mian Ejaz ul Hasan, Anna Molka Ahmad, Naseem Hafeez Qazi, Ghulam Mustafa, Zulfiqar Ali Zulfi, Dr. Ajaz Anwar, Abd al-Rehman Chughtai, Moyene Najmi, Musarrat Mirza, Zubeda Javed, Khalid Mahmud, Musarrat Hassan, Iqbal Hussain, Rahat Naveed Masud, Kehkashan Jafri, Maliha Azami Aga, Quddus Mirza, Durre Waseem, Naela Amir, Munawar Mohiudin, Amjad Naeem, Mirza Matloob Baig, Iqbal Khokhar, Muhammad Arshad and Anila Zulfiqar has been displayed. This exhibition has been curated by Prof Dr. Rahat Naveed Masud and Dr. Barabara Schmitz and a book entitled “Landscapes, Cityscapes and other Conceptual Paintings," comprising 74 high-quality images of paintings, and 33 research based detailed articles about all the artists and their work, has also been launched at the occasion. This show will remain open until 31th of December and visiting or documenting this show is itself an honour and joy.