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Layla S. Diba
Layla Soudavar Diba (Persian: لیلا سودآور-دیبا) is an Iranian-American independent scholar and curator, specializing in 18th/19th-century and contemporary Persian art and the Qajar period. She has curated various exhibitions, such as the '' Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1783-1925'' (1998 to 1999) exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, and co-curated ''Iran Modern'' (2013) at New York City's Asia Society. Early life and education She was born as Layla Soudavar, into an Iranian-American family. She is related to Farah (née Diba) Pahlavi, the former Shahbanu (Empress) of Iran. Diba holds a B.A. degree from Wellesley College, and a M.A. degree and Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (NYU). Her dissertation was titled, "Lacquerwork of Safavid Persia and Its Relationship to Persian Painting" (1994). Career Tehran From 1973 to 1975, Diba was an art advisor for the Private Secretariat of HM Queen Farah Pahlavi of Iran. From 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellesley College
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of elite current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States. Wellesley's endowment of $3.226 billion is the largest out of all women's colleges and the 49th largest among all colleges and universities in the United States in 2019. Wellesley is frequently considered to be one of the best liberal arts colleges in the United States. The college is currently ranked #5 on the National Liberal Arts College list produced by ''U.S. News & World Report''. Wellesley is home to 56 departmental and interdepartmental majors spanning the liberal arts, as well as over 150 student clubs and organizations. Wellesley athletes compete in the NCAA Division III New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Its 500-acre (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fereshteh Daftari
Fereshteh/ Fereshtah (also transliterated as Freshteh or Ferishteh or Freshta, fa, فرشته ''fereshteh'' / ''fereshtah'' ) is a feminine given name of Persian origin meaning angel, one of the most popular names in the Persian-speaking world. The etymology of the word is traced to Sanskrit preṣyatā प्रेष्यता and Avestan fraēšta-, messenger which led to Persian فرشته • ferešte. For phonological reasons, it is usually transcribed as Fereshtah or Freshta in the Persian spoken in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Brief history of Fereshteh street In the early 1320s (1940 AD), Mr Mohammad Ali Masoudi, a journalist, publisher, member of parliament (Majles) and finally a senator in the Iranian Senate, Mr Masoudi built a summer house with a large garden on a dirt road named Doctor Namdar, which was off ValiAsr (Pahlavi) and went by the name of Doctor Namdar. Mr. Masoudi had two daughters, Maryam and Fereshteh and he changed part of the street name to Feres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyly Matine-Daftary
Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007) was an Iranian modernist artist and art educator. She was based in both Tehran and Paris. Matine-Daftary was best known for her flat paintings that highlighted simplicity but still expressed emotions. Biography Leyly Matine-Daftary was born in 1937 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran (now known as Iran). Her father, Ahmad Matin-Daftari, was Prime Minister of Iran, as was one of her grandfathers, Mohammad Mossadegh. After completing her elementary education in Tehran, she attended Cheltenham Ladies' College. She obtained a Fine Arts degree from the Slade School of Fine Art before returning to Tehran in the late 1950s. From 1960 until 1956 she lectured on sculpture and sculpting at the Fine Arts Faculty of Tehran University. Matine-Daftary was involved in the early Tehran Biennial and in the Shiraz Arts Festival, for which she created iconic identifying materials. Matine-Daftary died in Paris on 17 April 2007. Exhibitions * 2016, "20th Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reza Mafi
Reza is a Persian name, originating from the Arabic word , ''Riḍā'', which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In religious context, this name is interpreted as ''satisfaction'' or "''perfect contentment'' with God's will or decree". The name is neutral and not one used only by a particular sect, and is used widely by Iranians, Arab Christians and Arab Druze. According to Annemarie Schimmel, "riḍā is closely related to shukr"; "shukr" is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness and gratitude. Given name Religion * Ali al-Ridha, Eighth Shia Ithna Ashari Imam. * Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Academics * Reza Afshari, Iranian historian * Reza Davari Ardakani, Iranian philosopher * Reza Ghadiri, Iranian-American chemist * Reza Iravani, Iranian academic * Rida Khawaldeh, Jordanian academic * Reza Malekzadeh, Iranian physician * Reza Mansouri, Iranian physicist * Reza Olfati-Saber, Iranian roboticist * Rida Said, Syrian physician * Rı ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rana Javadi
Rana Javadi (b.1953; fa, رعنا جوادی) is an Iranian photographer and museum founder. Early life and education Self-taught Iranian photographer, Rana Javadi began working as the Director of Photo and Pictorial Studies at the Cultural Research Bureau in Tehran in 1989. From 1997 to 1999 she was a founding member of ''Askhaneh-Shahr'', Iran's first museum of photography; she is also on the editorial board of the photography journal '' Aksnameh''. During her career she has exhibited widely both in Iran and abroad. Her work includes the series "When You Were Dying", in which she takes old studio photographs from Iran and uses them as the basis for photocollages involving fabrics, flowers, and other items. She has also been active as a documentary photographer, chronicling the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. Javadi is the widow of photographer Bahman Jalali. One work by Javadi, an untitled 1978 photograph from the series "Days of Blood, Days of Fire", is currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahman Jalali
Bahman Jalali (1944 – 15 January 2010) was an Iranian photographer who played a significant role in educating a new generation of Iranian photographers. He taught photography at several universities in Iran over a 30-year period. Jalali's work is held in the collections of the British Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Career Jalali graduated with a degree in Economics from Melli University in Tehran, then started his career as a photographer with ''Tamasha Magazine'' in 1972. In 1974 he joined the Royal Photographic Society in Great Britain. He is best known for his documentary photographs from the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and from the Iran–Iraq War, but after the revolution he focused more on teaching photography at Iranian universities than practicing it. Jalali was a founding member and curator at the Museum of Photography in Tehran (also known as Akskhaneh Shahr), Iran's first museum of photography. His last work was a photo series called "Image of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahid Hagigat
Nahid Hagigat or Nahid Haghighat (b. 1943; fa, ناهید حقیقت) is an Iranian-American illustrator, printmaker and artist, located in New York City. She is well known for her paintings and prints with layered imagery. Biography Hagigat was born in 1943 in Iran. She studied at Tehran University and moved to New York to continue her art education at the New York University in 1968. In the early 1970s she studied Fine Arts at New York University (NYU) and met her husband, artist Nicky Nodjoumi while in school. In the 70s she was also "one of the few female artists to address political issues at the time." She has a Ph.D. in Art Education from New York University (NYU) and a Ph.D. from Huntington Pacific University in Behavioral Therapy. Her work is part of the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Illustrations * ''Muna'', CD/Album cover, music by Markéta Irglová, 2014 * ''Anar'', CD/Album cover, music by Markéta Irglová, 2011 * ''Half for You'', writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghasem Hajizadeh
Ghasem Hajizadeh (b. April 1, 1947; in Lahijan, Iran, fa, قاسم حاجیزاده) is an Iranian–French painter and a pioneering Pop art figure in contemporary Iranian art. Forced into exile after the 1979 revolution, he currently lives in Paris. Biography Hajizadeh was born in 1947 in Lahijan, north of Iran. He received his diploma in arts from Tehran High School of Fine Arts in 1967 and soon after started his art career. During his early years of work, Hajizadeh's works were mostly abstract. However, after contacts and friendship with Ardeshir Mohasses, he changed his style and concentrated on figurative art. During the 1960s and early 1970s, Mohasses encouraged him to pursue pop art movement, which was thriving in the United States. In 1972, Hajizadeh participated in the first art exhibition, held by Iran–America Society. While he held several solo and group exhibitions inside and outside post-revolution Iran, after establishment of the Islamic Republic, he co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Grigorian
Marcos Grigorian, also known as Marco Grigorian ( hy, Մարկոս Գրիգորեան; fa, مارکو گريگوريان; December 5, 1925 – August 27, 2007) was an Iranian-Armenian and American artist and gallery owner, and he was a pioneer of Iranian modern art. Early life and education Grigorian was born in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, to an Armenian family from Kars who had fled that city to escape massacres when it was captured by Turkey in 1920. In 1930, the family moved from Kropotkin to Iran, living first in the city of Tabriz, and then in Tehran. The Apadana gallery in Tehran opened in 1949, and began showing his work. After finishing his primary education in Iran, in 1950 he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. Graduating from there in 1954, he returned to Iran, opened the Galerie Esthétique, an important commercial gallery in Tehran. In 1958, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, he organized the first Tehran Biennial. Grigorian was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansoor Ghandriz
Mansoor Ghandriz ( fa, منصور قندریز; 2 March 1936 – 26 February 1966) was an Iranian painter and printmaker. He used Iranian forms in modern art and was one of the pioneers of the Saqqakhaneh movement. Ghandriz is best known for his abstract paintings of mythical creatures. Biography Mansoor Ghandriz was born on 2 March 1936 in Tabriz, Pahlavi Iran. While still in high school, Ghandriz was drawn to the progressive realist paintings of Ilya Repin (1844–1930) and Russian-Armenian seascape artist Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900). Starting in 1954 he attended Jalil Ziapour's Tehran School of Decorative Arts (); followed by study at the College of Decorative Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran). He had studied painting under Shokouh Riazi at the College of Decorative Arts. While in college, he was introduced to European modernism, and he delved into the tradition of Russian realists and European classical and figurative art. After college he turned to ... [...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] |
Mohammad Ehsai
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets within Islam. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born approximately 570CE in Mecca. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father Abdullah was the son of Quraysh tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, and he died a few months before Muhammad's birth. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal uncle, Abu Talib. In later years, he would periodically seclude himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
