Abolhassan E'tesami (1903–1978), was an Iranian architect,

calligrapher Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an exp ...

, painter, and novelist.

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His father Mīrzā Ebrāhīm Khan Mostawfī Eʿteṣām-al-Molk (or Ebrahim E'tesami) was from

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and the head of finance of the Iranian province of

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. His brother Yussef E'tesami was the founder of the ''Bahar'' journal, and the father of the poet

Parvin E'tesami Rakhshandeh E'tesami (, ''Raḵšanda Eʿteṣāmī''; 17 March 1907 – 4 April 1941), better known as Parvin E'tesami (), was a 20th-century Iranian Persian language, Persian poet. Life Parvin E'tesami was born on 17 March 1907 in Tabriz to M ...

. Abolhassan E'tesami was educated in

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at the Aghdasieh School, the American School, and the

Kamal-ol-molk Mohammad Ghaffari (; September 29, 1848 — August 18, 1940), better known as Kamal-ol-Molk (), was an Iranian painter and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan, Qajar Iran. Biography Mohammad Ghaffari, better known as Kamal-ol-Molk, born in K ...

School of Fine Arts. Then he spent some years in

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to learn architecture and decoration techniques, and later went to work at

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. E'tesami produced a series of architecture projects, detailed maquettes of which were made by himself. On the Iranian Ministry of Fine Arts' request, the maquettes were sent to Brussels' 1958 Universal Exhibition, where Abolhassan E'tesami was awarded the gold medal in the individual presentation category. The maquettes were later bought by the

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, and included in the permanent collection of the Islamic arts division. In addition to architecture projects, E'tesami left a series of oil on canvas paintings including ''Some ruins in Dowlat-Abad'', ''A village home in

Niavaran Niavaran () is an affluent and upperclass district in northern Tehran, Iran. Bordering leafy, uphill-winding Darband Street, it can be reached from Tajrish Square, and is close to Darabad in the far north-eastern corner of Greater Tehran. ...

'', and ''Pasteur's intercession for Napoleon'', and some novels including ''The left alone man'' and ''The malicious Mohil-o-doleh''.

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Image:etessami_abolhassan_ruins.jpg, ''Some ruins in Dowlat-Abad'', circa 1925 Image:A village home in Niavaran.jpg, ''A village home in Niavaran'', circa 1930

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