Kambiz Derambakhsh ( fa, کامبیز درم بخش; 29 May 1942 – 6 November 2021) was an Iranian designer, illustrator and graphic artist.

Biography

Derambakhsh was a graduate of the Tehran Academy of Fine Arts and started his collaboration with Iranian publications at the age of 14 and continued his work with Iranian and foreign press such as ''The New York Times'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He was one of the contributors of a Persian political satire magazine '' Towfigh''. He won several major international awards and several independent exhibitions of his work have been held in various countries around the world and exhibited in authentic museums, such as the Academy of Arts in Saba House, the

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in Tehran, the

National Library of Iran The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) or National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran is located in Tehran, Iran, with twelve branches across the country. The NLAI is an educational, research, scientific, and service institute aut ...

, the Museum of the Graphic Designers of Iran, the Avignon Museum in Paris, the

Cartoonmuseum Basel Cartoonmuseum Basel is the only museum and centre of excellence in Switzerland devoted exclusively to the art of narrative drawing, be it in comics, graphic novels, comics reportage, cartoons, satirical drawings or animated films. It collects i ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, and the

House of Humour and Satire The House of Humour and Satire ( bg, Дом на Хумора и Сатирата; ''Dom na Humora i Satirata'') in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, is an exposition of traditional local humour art, including cartoons, photographs, paintings, sculptures, and verb ...

in Bulgaria, the

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in Japan, the Istanbul Cartoon Museum, the Anti-War Museum in

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, the Römer (City Hall) in Germany and

Museum of Caricature, Warsaw Museum of Caricature ( pl, Muzeum Karykatury) (also known as the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland. The museum was founded by Eryk Lipiński in 1978, and he was the director of the museum until his death in 1991. ...

in Poland. He was also a guest judge at international cartoon exhibitions in different countries. He received the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

from the French government in November 2014. Derambakhsh published several books about caricatures and illustrations including Untitled, Diary of Angels, Kambiz's book (published in Italy), joint books of satirists in Iran today, satirists in Iran today abroad, Mayazar Moori ke daneh kesh ast, Laughter Olympics, A symphony of lines, If Da Vinci had seen me and a few other books. On 3 October 2016, at the closing ceremony of the Sixth International Festival of Art for Peace, Kambiz Derambakhsh and three other artists were awarded the Art of Peace Medal.

Documentary

In 2016, a 70-minute documentary about the works and life of Derambakhsh, directed by Javad Atashbari, was published.

Death

Derambakhsh was admitted to Atieh Hospital in Tehran on 1 November 2021, after contracting

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

amid its pandemic in Iran. He died from the virus six days later, at the age of 79.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dermbakhsh, Kambiz 1942 births 2021 deaths Iranian caricaturists Iranian designers Iranian editorial cartoonists Iranian illustrators Artists from Shiraz Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran