Behjat Sadr ( fa, بهجت صدر, 29 May 1924 – 11 August 2009), also known as Behjat Sadr Mahallāti, was an Iranian modern art painter whose works have been exhibited in

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, and

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. Sadr is known for her paintings that utilizing a palette knife on canvases to create impressionistic paintings featuring visual rhythm, movement and geometric shapes.

Biography

Behjat Sadr Mahallāti was born to Mohammad Sadr-e Mahallāti and Qamar Amini Sadr in Arak, Iran on 29 May 1924. Sadr began her studies at the

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faculty of fine arts. She later attended the

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and the

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. Sadr's first major exhibition was at the twenty-eighth

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in 1956. In 1957, Sadr returned to the

as a member of faculty and taught there for almost 20 years. There she met and married her second husband

Morteza Hannaneh Morteza Hannaneh ( fa, مرتضی حنانه; March 1, 1923 – October 17, 1989) was an Iranian composer and Musician He composed for some films, such as '' Fleeing the Trap'' in 1971. Musical career He studied Horn at the Tehran Conservatory ...

(a well known Iranian musician and composer) and had her only daughter, Kakuti (Mitra). Awarded the Royal Grand Prize at Tehran Biennial 1962. In 1979, after the

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in Iran started Sadr and her daughter moved to Paris.

Death and legacy

Sadr was diagnosed with

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in the late 1990s, but continued to paint. She died at age 85 of a heart attack on 11 August 2009 in

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. Sadr was the first female contemporary painter to be considered on the same level as her male colleagues in Iran. In 2006, Sadr was the subject of a documentary film called ''Behjat Sadr: Time Suspended,'' directed by

Mitra Farahani Mitra Farahani (in fa, میترا فراهانی; born 1975) is an Iranian filmmaker and painter who currently lives in Paris. Biography Mitra Farahani was born on January 27, 1975 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran. Farahani has a degree in graphic ar ...

. Which includes footage of the artist at work as well as extensive interviews.

Group exhibitions

* 1956:

, Venice, Italy * 1957: Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy * 1957: Galleria Il Pincio, Rome, Italy * 1962: Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy * 1962: The 3rd Tehran Painting Biennial, Tehran, Iran * 1962:

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, São Paulo, Brazil * 1987: ''Iranian Contemporary Art: Four Women,'' Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington DC

References

External links

* Official Movie Trailer fo
Behjat Sadr: Time Suspended (2006)

"Playing with reality: The art of Behjat Sadr"
interview from The Iranian (2002) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadr, Behjat 1924 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Iranian women artists 21st-century Iranian women artists Iranian women painters Contemporary painters People from Arak, Iran Iranian emigrants to France

Biography

Death and legacy

Group exhibitions

See also

References

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