Mahmood Sabzi,Victoria Giraud
"A Painter in a Strange Land: Iranian Artist Living in Exile Lets Emotions Spill Onto Canvass.
'' Los Angeles Daily News'', November 27, 1996. professionally known as Sabzi, is an Iranian artist known for his abstract impressionist paintings. Sabzi was born 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 ...

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. He began painting when he was twelve years old,"First Impressions hosts romantic expressionist artist Sabzi"
'' Tampa Bay Newspapers'', November 17, 2005. but eventually earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering at the University of Jundi Shapur. Initially, Sabzi made realistic paintings inspired by his country's history and culture. He went to exile during the regime of Ruhollah Khomeini, settling in Germany and the United States. During this period, he experimented with figurative and abstract styles. He eventually settled in southern California. Each of his moves was reflected in changes in his style to reflect changes in his environment.Lauren LaRocca
"Sabzi: Romantic Expressionist following his feelings"
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'', September 20, 2007.

Inspiration

According to Sabzi, he draws inspiration from the

Persian rugs A Persian carpet ( fa, فرش ایرانی, translit=farš-e irâni ) or Persian rug ( fa, قالی ایرانی, translit=qâli-ye irâni ),Savory, R., ''Carpets'',(Encyclopaedia Iranica); accessed January 30, 2007. also known as Iranian ...

created by his mother. :My artistic inspiration, the very basis of form and color for my work, comes from my childhood memories of Persian rugs designed and weaned by my mother. As I watched her for hours creating gorgeous patterns, hues and textures, her fingers dancing across the loom, the designs and shapes of my current work took form. My creations flow from the same source of energy and creativity that inspired my mother. Sabzi's painting style is influenced by the

Modernist Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

works of

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically d ...

and

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, and sculptur ...

, as well as by the poet Rumi. Majority of his works feature women in various moods and poses, implying internal conflict.

References

External links

Online gallery of Sabzi's paintings
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabzi Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Ahvaz Iranian painters Iranian emigrants to the United States

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