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

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and

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and was a follower of Behzad Heravi's style in miniature art.

Life

Sarvari was born in 1942, in

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, Afghanistan, and began painting at the age of nine. He studied art history and art for many years, and studied art under Khair Mohammad Khan Yari, Karim Shah Khan, Golmohammad Honarjoo, Behzad Saljuqi and Yousef Kohzad. Sarvari graduated from

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with a degree in telecommunications. Sarvari won many awards in Afghanistan for his artwork. He spent many years of his life in Iran. Sarvari is the founder of the Jihad Landscape Museum in Herat. His works were curated by his nephew, Faridollah Adib Ahein, in the collection "The Azure Road".

Death

Sarvari died in December 2017. Following his death, the artists pointed out the neglect of artists' lives by the people and the government, noting that the lives and deaths of artists in poverty is one of the consequences.

References

1942 births 2017 deaths 20th-century male artists 20th-century Afghan painters 21st-century Afghan painters Afghan engineers Afghan landscape painters Contemporary painters Kabul University alumni People from Herat Realist painters Afghan art educators {{Afghanistan-artist-stub