Mohammad Maimangi Explained

Mohammad Maimangi
Native Name:غلام محمد میمنگی
Native Name Lang:fa
Birth Date:1873
Death Date:1935
Nationality:Afghan
Field:painting, drawing
Style:realism

Gholam Mohammad Maimangi (1873 –1935), was a prominent Afghan painter.[1]

Life

Maimangi was the founder of School of Fine Arts in Kabul.[2] He is considered one of the painters of the second golden age of Realism in Afghanistan, along with Karim Shah Khan, Abdul Ghafoor Breshna, Ghulam Mohieddin Shabnam, Hafiz Pakzad and Akbar Khorasani.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Khorasan, land of the sun . www.khorasanzameen.net.
  2. Web site: Art . Ministry of Education.
  3. Web site: نگاهی بر نقاشی و پیکرتراشی در گذشته و حال افغانستان . BBC News . fa.