became the Pakistan Ambassador to Germany. When her husband became ambassador to France in 1962, she once again followed him, this time to Paris. Esther suffered from heart disease in the last two years of her life, and died in 1963. Artist Esther Rahim was a founding member of the Karachi Arts Council. As an enthusiastic patron of block printed textiles, her patronage contributed to their revival and survival in Karachi during the 1950s. Many of Rahim's artworks were not recognized in her lifetime due to social mores. However, 70 to 80 of her works were featured in the book 'Travels Mundane and Surreal: The Art of Esther Rahim', compiled by her son Sikandar Rahim and fellow artist Salima Hashmi. References Further reading Travels Mundane and Surreal - The Art of Esther Rahim () by Sikandar Rahim, Salima Hashmi, Naazish Ata-Ullah. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel 2006 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni 1904 births 1963 deaths Pakistani people of German descent 20th-century Pakistani painters German emigrants to India