Saint Martin's School of Art, London, UK Zubeida Agha (Urdu: زبیدہ آغا; 1922–1997) was among the first Pakistani Modern Artists.
In 1961, she was appointed executive director of the Contemporary Art Gallery in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, receiving the President's Award for Pride of Performance in 1965.
[3][6] Zubeida Agha is considered as a premiere painter of Pakistan and a pioneer of modern art in the country.
[5] She uses colour not only for itself, but to lend truthfulness and depth of meaning to her images, using her amazing imagination to provoke the viewer into thought.
[4] In November 2002, a large exhibit of Zubeida Agha paintings was held at Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore.