Nasrollah Sarvari
{{Short description|Afghan painter}}
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| name = Nasrollah Sarvari
| native_name = نصرالله سروری
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| other_names = Nasrullah Sarwari
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| birth_date = 1942
| birth_place = Herat, Afghanistan
| death_date = {{dda|2017|12|22|1942|df=y}}
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| style = Naturalism, realism, abstract style, abstract expressionism
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| education = Kabul University
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| occupation = Painter, educator
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| known_for = photography, painting, drawing
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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, Realism and Classicism and was a follower of Behzad Heravi's style in miniature art.{{cite web |title=مشعل هنر افغانستان در مشهد |trans-title=The Torch of Afghan Art in Mashhad |url=https://avapress.com/fa/142775/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720073215/https://avapress.com/fa/142775/ |archive-date=20 July 2021 |website=Ava Press |language=fa}}
Life
Sarvari was born in 1942, in Herat, 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 Kabul University 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".{{cite web |date=2020 |title=فرهنگیان از افغانستان: استاد نصرالله سروری |trans-title=Educators from Afghanistan: Professor Nasrullah Sarwari |url=http://www.sarnews.ir/1399/11/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427160237/https://sarnews.ir/1399/11/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C/ |archive-date=27 April 2021 |website=Sar News |language=fa-IR}}{{cite news |title=The Azure Road |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/Khorasan-Razavi-147924/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C |work=Iranian Students News Agency |date=6 July 2019 |language=fa}}
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.{{cite news |last=Shukran |first=Shoaib Tanha |date=2017 |title=انتقاد از بی توجهی مردم و دولت به وضع زندگی هنرمندان در هرات |trans-title=Criticism of the lack of attention to the living conditions of artists in Herat |url=https://www.dw.com/fa-af/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B9-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/av-41921418 |work=Deutsche Welle |language=fa-AF}}
References
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Category:20th-century male artists
Category:20th-century painters
Category:Contemporary painters
Category:Kabul University alumni
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