Mian Ijaz ul Hassan

Mian Ijaz ul Hassan is a Pakistani painter, teacher, art critic and writer.

Early life and career Born in 1940, he studied at Aitchison College in Lahore and then at Saint Martin's School of Art in London. He later studied literature at Government College, Lahore and St John's College, Cambridge. Later, under the Zia-ul-Haq regime, he was incarcerated in Lahore Fort after being accused of stealing a Cyclostyle machine from the college. He was later released by his reluctant guards.