Karim Shah Khan

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Karim Shah Khan
کریم شاه خان
Born1919
Died1980s
Nationality Afghan
Known forpainting, drawing
Style realism

Karim Shah Khan (1919 - late 1980s) was an Afghan painter. [1]

Life

He was born in Kabul and was a graduate of the A'dadieh School. Among his works are Sketches of domestic and wild animals published by the Ministry of Education. He died in Kabul in the late 1980s. [2] He is considered one of the painters of the second golden age of Realism in Afghanistan, along with Mohammad Maimangi, Abdul Ghafoor Breshna, Ghulam Mohieddin Shabnam, Hafiz Pakzad and Akbar Khorasani. [3] Nasrollah Sarvari is one of his students. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Khorasan, land of the sun". www.khorasanzameen.net.
  2. "Art" (PDF). Ministry of Education.
  3. "نگاهی بر نقاشی و پیکرتراشی در گذشته و حال افغانستان". BBC News (in Persian).
  4. "Nasrollah Sarvari". Sar News (in Persian).
  5. "The Azure Road". Iranian Students News Agency (in Persian). 6 July 2019.