Massumeh Noushin Seyhoun ( fa, معصومه سیحون;

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Monir Noushin; 1934–21 May, 2010) was an

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painter, curator, and

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. She was the founder (1966) of

Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran Seyhun or Seyhoun ( ar, سيحون) may refer to: *Seuhun, Arabic name of Syr Darya river *Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar and professor *Massoumeh Seyhoun Massumeh Noushin Seyhoun ( fa, معصومه سیحون; n� ...

, the longest-lived art gallery in Iran.

Biography

Massumeh Seyhoun was born in 1934 in

Rasht Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...

, her birth name was Monir Noushin. Later her family settled in

Ahvaz Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is hom ...

. She had changed her name to Massumeh. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran, where her teacher was

Hooshang Seyhoun Houshang Seyhoun, ( fa, هوشنگ سیحون) (August 22, 1920 – May 26, 2014) was an Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar and professor. He studied fine arts at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and earned a de ...

, architect, sculptor, painter, who in several years had become her husband. They had two children, a son Nader and a daughter Maryam.Massoumeh Seyhoun, artiste et mentor de l’art contemporain d’Iran
Mireille Ferreira , ''La Revue de Teheran'', No. 64, March 2011 (retrieved January 24, 2014)
''Pars Times'' (retrieved January 24, 2014) When Seyhoun's health started failing in the mid-1990s, she passed control of the gallery to her son Nader. Her daughter, Maryam, opened the Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, on Melrose Avenue in

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, an outpost of the Tehran gallery in the United States. The gallery exhibits Iranian expatriate artists and artists based in Iran, many of whom have worked with the Seyhoun Gallery in Tehran.Maryam Seyhoun
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