The Most Famous
PAINTERS from Afghanistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 1 of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 60th most number of Painters behind Colombia, and Algeria.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Painters of all time. This list of famous Afghan Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450 - 1535)
With an HPI of 64.33, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād is the most famous Afghan Painter. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (c. 1455/60–1535), also known as Kamal al-din Bihzad or Kamaleddin Behzād (Persian: کمالالدین بهزاد), was a Persian painter and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid Periods. He is regarded as marking the highpoint of the great tradition of Islamic miniature painting. He was well known for his very prominent role as kitābdār (the chairman of a library) in the Herat Academy as well as his position in the Royal Library in the city of Herat. His art is unique in that it includes the common geometric attributes of Persian painting, while also inserting his own style, such as vast empty spaces to which the subject of the painting dances around. His art includes masterful use of value and individuality of character, with one of his most famous pieces being "The Seduction of Yusuf" from Sa'di's Bustan of 1488. Behzād's fame and renown in his lifetime inspired many during, and after, his life to copy his style and works due to the wide praise they received. Due to the great number of copies and difficulty with tracing origin of works, there is a large amount of contemporary work into proper attribution.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Afghan painters born between 1450 and 1450. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Afghan painters include Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād.
