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Farmanfarmaian
Farmanfarmaian is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian (1932–1973), Qajar prince *Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian (1920–2013), Iranian architect *Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), Iranian artist *Sattareh Farmanfarmaian (1921–2012), Qajar princess {{surname, Farmanfarmaian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian ( fa, منیر شاهرودی فرمانفرمائیان; 16 December 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Iranian artists of the contemporary period, and she was the first artist to achieve an artistic practice that weds the geometric patterns and cut-glass mosaic techniques ( Āina-kāri) of her Iranian heritage with the rhythms of modern Western geometric abstraction. In 2017, the Monir Museum in Tehran, Iran was opened in her honor. Early life and education Shahroudy was born on December 18, 1922, to educated parents in the religious town of Qazvin in north-western Iran. Farmanfarmaian acquired artistic skills early on in childhood, receiving drawing lessons from a tutor and studying postcard depictions of western art. After studying at the University of Tehran at the Faculty of Fine Art in 1944, she then moved to New York City via steamboat, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |