Mohiuddin Shabnam

{{Short description|Afghan painter}}

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| native_name = غلام محی‌الدین شبنم

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| birth_date = 1935

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| death_date = 2009

| nationality = Afghan

| style = abstract/cubism

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| occupation = Artist, teacher

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| known_for = Painting, drawing

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Ghulam Mohiuddin Shabnam ({{Langx|fa|غلام محی‌الدین شبنم}}; 1935–2009), was a prominent Afghan painter, song composer, and educator.{{Cite web |last=Siyasang |first=Saburullah |date=2009-07-05 |title=شــبنم به خـاک رفت |trans-title=Shabanam fell to the ground |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan/2009/07/090705_mm_shabnam |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}{{cite web |title=A Study of the Art of Painting in Kabul |url=http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/sijash/article/download/3422/2893/ |website=ShanlaxJournals.in}} He was one of the most famous figures of cubism and abstract art in Afghanistan.

Life

He is considered one of the painters of the second golden age of cubism in Afghanistan, along with Karim Shah Khan, Abdul Ghafoor Breshna, Hafiz Pakzad, Mohammad Maimanagi and Akbar Khorasani.{{cite web |last=Tomiris |first=Tehmina |last2=Rafieirad |first2=Reza |date=January 17, 2017 |title=نگاهی بر نقاشی و پیکرتراشی در گذشته و حال افغانستان |trans-title=A look at painting and sculpture in the past and present of Afghanistan |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan-38644193 |website=BBC News |language=fa}}

Shabnam was a collaborator and artistic consultant of the United Nations Education, Culture and Awareness Department (UNESCO). In the 1960s, he became famous for composing songs in Persian, Pashto and Balochi languages, which were played on the radio.

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