Mustajab Shelle
Mustajab Shelle (Urdu: مستجاب شیلے ) is an artist who has painted thousands of book covers for Hindi novels.[1] Shelle is an Amroha, India, based painter, whose original name is Mustajab Ahmad Siddiqui. He has learnt the art of painting from Eqbal Mehdi.
After a long career of painting cover pages for Hindi pulp fiction, Shelle turned to realist and abstract painting using water and oil medium.[2]
Shelle has participated in numerous exhibitions. Even in his early seventies, he paints with zeal and dedication.
References
- ^ Subramanian, Samanth (August 9, 2008). "Hindi pulp art’s last man standing?". www.livemint.com.
- ^ "Shelle Mustajab". Saatchi Art.