# Abdur Rahman Chughtai artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/abdur-rahman-chughtai/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:35:07.260Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Pakistani
- Movements: Chughtai Style
- Common media: Painting, Etching, Engraving

## Portrait

![Abdur Rahman Chughtai](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Abdur_Rahman_Chughai.jpg)
Abdur Rahman Chughtai · see-source-page
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdur_Rahman_Chughtai

## About Abdur Rahman Chughtai

Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1894–1975) was a Pakistani painter, etcher, and engraver associated with an important strand of modern art in Pakistan. Authority records identify him primarily as a painter and printmaker, while biographical summaries connect him with a distinctive approach commonly called the Chughtai Style. That approach is described as drawing on Mughal and Persian visual traditions, Bengali art, miniature painting, Art Nouveau, and broader Islamic artistic traditions. These contexts help explain why his work is discussed in relation to both regional art history and twentieth-century modernism, although each object still requires direct study. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings as well as graphic works produced through etching or engraving. Cataloguing can be complicated by variant forms of his name, including A. R. Chughtai, and by disagreement among authority records over whether he was born in 1894 or 1897. Appraisily uses 1894 as the best-supported year while preserving that conflict for review.

## Common works and media

Public authority records describe Chughtai as a painter, etcher, and engraver, so collectors may encounter paintings and graphic works made through etching or engraving. The collected sources do not establish a reliable list of recurring subjects, named series, specific materials, or edition sizes; those details should be taken from the individual object and its catalogue record.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s public artist page records 253 auction entries associated with Chughtai, providing a potential body of records for comparison, but the collected source pack does not include lot-level descriptions or major-auction-house commentary. The supported distinctions are therefore narrow: determine whether a work is catalogued as a painting, etching, or engraving; reconcile the artist’s identity with variants such as A. R. Chughtai; and compare the object with genuinely similar public records rather than relying on an artist-level result. The disagreement between authority files over a 1894 or 1897 birth year also warrants careful cataloguing. Sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots can provide context when available, but this research pack does not justify a price forecast, scarcity statement, or market-trend claim.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identities with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Source gaps and authority-record conflicts are retained rather than resolved through unsupported assumptions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28483
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/210017686/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500123056
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdur_Rahman_Chughtai
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/abdur-rahman-chughtai/