Karim Shah Khan (1919 - late 1980s) was an Afghan painter.
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.
He is considered one of the painters of the second golden age of
Realism
Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to:
In the arts
*Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts
Arts movements related to realism include:
*American Realism
*Classical Realism
*Liter ...
in Afghanistan, along with
Mohammad Maimangi,
Abdul Ghafoor Breshna,
Ghulam Mohieddin Shabnam,
Hafiz Pakzad and
Akbar Khorasani.
Nasrollah Sarvari
Nasrollah Sarvari (1942 – 22 December 2017) was an Afghan painter and educator. His works often deal with historical, philosophical, natural landscapes, and the social life of the villagers. He was familiar with the styles of Romanticism, Reali ...
is one of his students.
References
20th-century Afghan painters
Animal painters
1919 births
1980s deaths
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