LAHORE, Feb 26: Noted painter and former head of Fine Arts Department of the National College of Arts Collin David was laid to rest at Jail Road cemetery on Tuesday. He had died late Monday.

According to the family, he had been ill for the last one year. He had liver cancer and his condition was serious for the last one month.

A large number of people attended his funeral on Tuesday. They included National College of Arts Principal Nazish Attaullah, art educationist Saleema Hashmi, College of Art and Design Principal Shahnawaz Zaidi, Punjab Arts Council Executive Director Ghulam Mustafa, Rahat Naveed Masood, R M Naeem, Khalid Iqbal, Mian Ijazul Hasan, Iqbal Husain, Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Asif, Rashid Rana, Zulqarnain Haider, Faqir Aijazuddin, Mira Phailbous and Shoaib Hashmi.

Private art gallery owners, and students and faculty from the Punjab University and the National College of Arts and other art institutions also attended the funeral in large numbers.

Talking to Dawn, Punjab Arts Council Executive Director Ghulam Mustafa said a reference would be held for Colin David on March 4. The reference would be organised by the Artists Association of Punjab in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Council. —Staff Reporter