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Shokouh Riazi (; 1921–1962) was an Iranian
Shokouh Riazi was born in 1921 in Tehran, Qajar Iran, into a prosperous family. Her mother was Betul Dolatshahi of the
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painter, and educator. She a pioneer of modern art in Iran and is thought to have been the first Iranian women to study art in Paris. Riazi taught painting classes, and some members of the Saqqakhaneh movement had been her students.
Biography
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Dolatshahi family of Persia, and was the daughter of Qajar prince and Islamic philosopher . Shokouh Riazi's father was , a politician who served as an Iranian military attaché in France. Because of her father's work she lived in Paris until age 14, after which her family moved to Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 p ...
. She was fluent in French; and she served as a translator between French and Persian languages.
Riazi initially entered university studying medicine at Tehran University (now University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
), but never completed that degree program. Instead Riazi switched departments and studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University, where she graduated in 1946; and later at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Her classmate was artist Javad Hamidi
Javad Hamidi (1918 – 2002) was an Iranian Modernist painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer in modern art in Iran.
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Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in Hamadan, Qajar Iran. Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran Un ...
, in both Tehran and Paris. She continued her studies of painting under André Lhote in Paris.
She was influenced by the work of Amedeo Modigliani, and the elongated female portraits.
Riazi taught portraiture
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class in the College of Decorative Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran). Many of her art students were members of the later Saqqakhaneh movement, including Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Faramarz Pilaram
Faramarz Pilaram (; 1937–1983, or 1982) was an Iranian painter and educator. He is known for his abstract, and calligraphy-based modern paintings. Pilaram was a pioneer within the Saqqakhaneh school, a neo-traditionalist art movement. There wer ...
, Mansoor Ghandriz
Mansoor Ghandriz ( fa, منصور قندریز; 2 March 1936 – 26 February 1966) was an Iranian painter and printmaker. He used Iranian forms in modern art and was one of the pioneers of the Saqqakhaneh movement. Ghandriz is best known for his ...
, and Massoud Arabshahi
Massoud Arabshahi (; 1935–2019), was an Iranian painter, and bas-relief sculptor. He was a leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement, and was known for his conceptual artwork. Arabshahi had worked in Tehran, Paris, and California.
Early l ...
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She died of cancer in 1962 in Tehran. Due of her premature death, there is a limited amount of her artwork. Riazi's work can be found in the museum collection at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, ( Persian: موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران), also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th centur ...
.
See also
*List of Iranian women artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Iran or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
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* Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California
* Golnar Adili (born 1976), artist bas ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Riazi, Shokouh 1921 births 1962 deaths Iranian women painters Artists from Tehran 20th-century Iranian women artists Iranian emigrants to France University of Tehran alumni École des Beaux-Arts alumni Academic staff of the University of Tehran Deaths from cancer in Iran