Murtaza Pardais (Afghanistani, B.1960) Untitled (Figures and camels in landscapes)Murtaza Pardais (Afghanistani, B.1960)Untitled (Figures and camels in landscapes) two signed and dated Murtaza Pardeas 1981 lower left, one signed and dated Murtaza Pardeas 1999 lower left and one signed and dated Murtaza Pardeas, date indecipherableoil on canvas paper, framed21.1 x 29.1cm (8 5/16 x 11 7/16in).ProvenanceAcquired from the artist in Islamabad in the late 1990s.There is a biography of the artist on the reverse.Murtaza Pardais taught at Kabul University in the Department of Fine Arts for 13 years. After the rise of the Taliban in the early 1990s, he migrated to Pakistan, where he lived and worked for 8 years before migrating to the USA in 2000 where he now lives. Pardais' works combine impressionism, realism, classicism, modernism and Islamic miniature work. He employs oils, watercolours and gouaches and paints various subjects some of which include Afghanistan's landscapes, its culture including the famous Buddha's in Bamiyan, the migration of refugees and the modern bazaars. Examples of these bazaars can be seen in the lots on offer in this auction. His works have been exhibited in the USA, Czechia, Bulgaria, Moscow, Tajikistan, Sumerqand, Pakistan, New Zealand, and at the Kabul National Gallery. For similar works, see Shansab Pardais, A Diary on Canvas, 2012, pp. 84 (Bazaar Darwaze Lawry Kabul), pp 247. (Lawori Door), pp. 255 (Kabul Bazaar)