Background
Breshana was born as Abdul Ghafoor on 10 April 1907 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Breshana was born as Abdul Ghafoor on 10 April 1907 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
He is regarded as one of the country"s most talented artists. The word Breshna means lightning, which he added as a last name. In 1921, he was amongst the students who were sent to Germany for higher education by Amanullah Khan.
He studied painting and lithography at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
In Germany, Breshna married Marguerhee and returned to Afghanistan in 1931. He died on 4 January 1974 in his birth city of Kabul.
Most of his artwork was lost or destroyed during the many years of war in Afghanistan. Only some remain, and he is being remembered now as one of Afghanistan"s most talented artists.
Breshna"s work was displayed all over world like Tehran (1953, 1966), Delhi (1954, 1974), Cairo (1956), New York (1957), Moscow (1965,1973), Peking (1967), Sofia (1967), Cannes (1971) and Dushambe (1972).
Artwork by Breshna.