Javad Hamidi (1918 – 2002) was an Iranian

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painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer of modern art in Iran.

Biography

Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in

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. Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University (now

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

), and graduated in 1946; and at

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. His classmate was

Shokouh Riazi Shokouh Riazi (; 1921–1962) was an Iranian Modernist painter and educator. She was a pioneer of modern art in Iran and is thought to have been the first Iranian woman to study art in Paris. Riazi taught painting classes, and some members of ...

, who studied alongside him in both Tehran and in Paris. He continued his studies under French painter

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. Hamidi had been a founding member of the "

Fighting Cock Society The Fighting Cock Society () was a 20th-century Iranian arts association, active in the 1950s, and devoted to the promotion of modern arts in the fields of painting, theatre, music, poetry, and literature. This was the first Surrealist society in ...

" (Khorūs-e Jangi), an artists group in Iran dedicated to the modern art movement and surrealism. Hamidi taught painting at

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

for almost 40 years, as well as at Al-Zahra, Azad and Tarbiat-Modares Universities. In 2002, he was killed by a speeding motorcyclist in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

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1918 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Iranian painters Academic staff of Tarbiat Modares University Academic staff of the University of Tehran École des Beaux-Arts alumni Iranian modern painters People from Hamadan Pedestrian road incident deaths Road incident deaths in Iran {{Iran-painter-stub University of Tehran alumni