A Visit to Kabul’s National Gallery

by Steve Mumford - Kabul, June, 2010 — The National Gallery of Kabul is situated in a beautiful and stately old manor, surrounded by the crazy bustle of this dusty, crowded city. It houses a collection of 20th century painting, distinct from the National Museum, which is devoted to ancient sculpture and artifacts. The National Gallery has no website, and no one there speaks much English


[The hallway]

Some paintings:


Nader Shah In Turkey, unattributed, date unknown, oil on canvas, about 30” x 72”


Yusuf Assafi, Balako e de Afghanan, 1934, oil on canvas, about 40” x 60”


Ghowsudin, Shepards, 1959, oil on canvas, about 24” x 36”


Hamon Muhammed Yuri, Harem, date unknown, oil on canvas, about 30” x 40”


Abdul Ghafer Brechna, Bamyan, 1949, oil on canvas, about 24” x 36”


Abdul Ghafer Brechna, Panjsher Valley, date unknown, oil on canvas, about 30” x 48”


Untitled, date unknown, oil on canvas, about 15” x 10”


Sayed Muqados Negah, Untitled, date unknown, oil on canvas, about 50” x 20”



Muhammed Maimongi, German Landscape, date unknown, oil on canvas mounted on wall, about 72” x 55”

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