Haydar Hatemi (born March 3, 1945 in Hadishahr) is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as
miniature
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* Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting
* Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture
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and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy after finishing high school in
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
,
Iran
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.
Hatemi is a graduate of the prestigious Fine Arts Academy of Tehran University. He moved to
Turkey
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in 1983. He is one of the most significant artists of the
Iranian diaspora
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Biography
Early life
Hatemi, an ethnic Azerbaijani, started painting aged 14, while he was continuing high school in
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy after finishing
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
middle school,
Iran
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. It was during this time there that he learned the tazhib technique from Master Abduhl Bageri and studied sculpture techniques from Master Ashot Babayan. He continued his art studies at the ''Art Academy of Tehran'' and was privileged to be trained under masters Hussain Behzad and Abu Talib Mugimi.
Shah's era
Hatemi soon gained
celebrity
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status during his sophomore year in college when he won the national award for designing the Takht-e-Tavus medal for the international Cancer Society. This award was presented to him by the Queen of Iran,
Farah Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi ( fa, فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba ( fa, فرح دیبا, label=none); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Empress ('' Shahbanu'') of Iran fro ...
. Hatemi also taught sculpture classes in Shahnaz Pahlavi Art Academy.
During his college years in Tehran University, Hatemi won first place in multiple competitions which included design of the Logo of the Isfahan University and the Logo of the Shahpur Petro-Chemicals. He also designed the gold coins in commemoration of the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.
Between 1972-1978, Hatemi established the Design Art Centre in Tehran and produced very large sculptures commissioned by the Mayor of Tehran. His statue of Shah Abbas on horseback is on display at Isfahan's Square and the statue ''Birds and the Rock'' at Argentina Square in Tehran.
After 1979 - Istanbul, Turkey
After the Iranian revolution, Hatemi moved to Turkey with his young family in 1983. He continued his painting in Bursa and
and started the orientalist movement within the Turkish art world. During this period his paintings became part of the Sabancı Collection and many other private collections.
Work
Paintings
Early in his career, Hatemi took great interest in the tazhib technique and miniature paintings in particular. His main goal to apply his style to Ottoman Empire theme was very well received by the Turkish art scene. His admiration for miniature masters and his desire to apply this to a newer subjects lead to the creation of his "Stories of the Messengers" series in the early 2003 which became his most celebrated and famous series. In these series, Hatemi depicts stories of messengers which are common to Quran, Bible and Torah.
He also paints scenes of old Istanbul which was commissioned by the royal family of
Qatar
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. ''Istanbul & Istanbul'' series are the best example for this technique.
See also
*
List of Persian painters
Classical era Classical Persian painter
* Kamaleddin Behzad
* Reza Abbasi
* Farrukh Beg
* Mihr 'Ali
Modern era
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* Aghapour, Shahla
* Aghdashloo, Aydin
* Alikhanzadeh, Samira (1967– ), painter
* Alivandi, Bahram
* Arabshahi, Massoud ...