Jamil Naqsh, a Pakistani artist, was born in 1938 in pre- partition India and moved to Pakistan after the Partition in 1947. He later settled and worked in London, UK, and was regarded as the sole living contemporary artist from Pakistan. 

In his artworks, Naqsh frequently depicted the female figure with a sense of composure and elegance. In another series, he intertwined doves and pigeons with the female form, symbolizing themes of love, peace, and tenderness. Another body of work, influenced by the Italian sculptor Mario Marini, who captured the beauty of horses in his creations, merged the grace of the female form with the robust elegance of equine figures.

Under the guidance of his teacher, Ustad Muhammad Sharif, Jamil Naqsh learned to dedicate long hours to his craft. He was particularly fixated on the concept of line and sought a guiding principle that would shape his work in the ensuing decades. In the early 1960s, he chose pigeons as his primary subject, a choice laden with significance. It harkened back to his childhood memories of pigeons strutting about the courtyard of his ancestral home and soaring freely through open windows. These reminiscences eventually evolved into a symbol of domestic harmony. By merging these birds with classical representations of women, J. Naqsh created a captivating fusion of motion and stillness.