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Uttam Nepali was born on 30 April 1937 in Kathmandu.

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Uttam Nepali

उत्तम नेपाली

Nepali artist (1937-2021)

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Uttam Prasad Karmacharya, better known as Uttam Nepali (Nepali: उत्तम नेपाली; 30 April 1937 – 21 July 2021), was a Nepali visual artist, writer, and actor. A modernist painter, he was one of the pioneers of abstract art and experimentation in Nepal. He was also instrumental in establishing formal art education in Nepal. He produced abstractionist, expressionist and surrealist paintings throughout the 1960s and 70s, which were exhibited throughout Asia.

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Born: 30 April 1937 wd
Place of birth: Kathmandu wd
Died: 21 July 2021 wd
Place of death: Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital wd
Citizenship: Nepal wd
Occupation: painter wd

About

Nepali acted in two films in the early 1960s; he also published poetry. He was a lifetime member of Nepal Academy since 2000. Among his awards were National Genius Award, 2014, and Suprawal Janasewa Tritiya. He was married and had four children. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in later life. He died of cardiovascular problems in July 2021, aged 84.