The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogul

Description

An exhibition by the Cultural Section of the French Embassy in India in collaboration with the CSMVS Jean de La Fontaine, possibly the greatest French poet of the 17th century, found in the culture of the Indian sub-continent. He illustrated the fables of La Fontaine. Imam Bakhsh Lahori, a prominent miniaturist of the Lahore School, illuminated the entire collection of these fables in the early 19th century. The fables were published over a period of twenty-six years. In 1989, the French Embassy in New Delhi gave a place of honour to Imam Bakhsh by getting the complete collection of illustrations of the Fables of La Fontaine. Seven hundred copies of this book were printed and were very well received in France. Imam Bakhsh, and the Lahori School of painting were thus re-introduced to the Indian and Pakistani scholars. This splendid collection of miniatures was displayed in its country of origin. This exhibition was produced by the Cultural Section of the French Embassy in India in collaboration with the CSMVS, Alliance Francaise de Bombay, the Musee Jean de La Fontaine of Chateau-Thierry, France and Design Cumulus.

Author

Jean de La Fontaine and Imam Bakhsh Lahori

Publication Details

Soft bound, 335 pages