Abbas Katouzian (1923 – April 12, 2008) was an Iranian painter and artist.
Born in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, Katouzian studied art history during his childhood and chose
Kamalolmolk
Mohammad Ghaffari ( fa, محمد غفاری), better known as Kamal-ol-Molk (), was an Iranian painter and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan.
Biography
Mohammad Ghaffari, better known as Kamal-ol-Molk, born in Kashan in 1848, to a family w ...
as his mentor. He followed the latter in developing the realistic movement in Iran. His work was featured in five exhibitions in the
United States
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, one in
London
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, and two in
France
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.
In 1973 Katouzian participated in a joint exhibition at the National Consultative Assembly with the works of Kamalolmolk. Katouzian's paintings have appeared in more than 200 magazines worldwide.
One of his most famous and most reproduced paintings is the "Kurdish girl".
Katouzian was in the middle of exhibiting in Tehran to showcase his fifty years of artistic creativity in April 2008 when he died in his home. He died in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
on April 12, 2008, aged 86.
See also
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Iranian art
Persian art or Iranian art () has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture. At different times, influences ...
References
External links
كاتوزيان، آخرين ديدار
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People from Tehran
1923 births
2008 deaths
Burials at artist's block of Behesht-e Zahra