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Mahmoud Farshchian (; born 24 January 1930) is an Iranian painter and educator. He is a master of
Persian miniature A Persian miniature (Persian language, Persian: نگارگری ایرانی ''negârgari Irâni'') is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a ...
painting. His paintings have been hosted by several museums and exhibitions worldwide.


Early life and education

Mahmoud Farshchian was born on January 24, 1930, in the city of
Isfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...
,
Pahlavi Iran The Imperial State of Iran, officially known as the Imperial State of Persia until 1935, and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty. The Pahlavi dynasty was created in 1925 and lasted ...
. Farshchian's father, Gholamreza, was a Persian carpet merchant. His mother, Zahra, would often take Farshchian and his siblings to the Immamzadeh Ismael in Isfahan. Farshchian's childhood home had an area called the Chicken House, where he played with birds like sparrows, hens, and roosters. Birds are an element Farshchian often uses in his pieces, relating to his childhood memories.''Farshchian - About''. https://www.farshchianart.com/about . Accessed 14 Oct. 2023. Young Mahmoud showed an interest in arts quite early in life and studied under the tutelage of Haji Mirza-Agha Emami and Isa Bahadori for several years. After receiving his diploma from Isfahan's High School for the Fine Arts, Farshchian left for Europe, where he studied the works of the great western masters of painting. He has a doctorate (grade 1 in arts) in Iranian painting and Islamic arts from the High Council of Culture and Art.


Personal life

Farshchian married his childhood friend, Niadokt (Nia), in 1954. Nia was seventeen years-old and Farshchian was twenty-four years old. As of 2022, Farschian and Nia have been married for sixty-four years. Farshchian and his wife had three children – Yasmin Fatima (born in 1956), Alimorad (born in 1962), and Leila (1977). Alimorad is a doctor and the creator of the Center for Regenerative Medicine in Miami, Florida. Their daughter Leila is a behavioral psychologist.''Farshchian - Love Story''. https://www.farshchianart.com/love . Accessed 15 Oct. 2023. Yasmin passed away at thirty years-old, and had two children named Jennie and Masoud. Farshchian and Nia eventually adopted Yasmin's children and brought them to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, where the Farshchian's had moved to in 1983.


Career

Upon his return to Iran, he began to work at the National Institute of Fine Arts (which later became the Ministry of Art and Culture) and, in time, was appointed director of the Department of National Arts and professor at the university of Tehran's School of Fine Arts. In the 1950s, he taught at Jalil Ziapour's School of Decorative Arts for Boys () in Tehran. One of his students was painter Faramarz Pilaram. Farshchian's first independent exhibit was in 1948, at the Iranian-British Cultural Association's office in Isfahan. His first exhibit outside of Iran took place in Istanbul, Turkey in 1960, while his earliest exhibitions in the United States date back to 1972 and 1973. Farshchian has been exhibited in 57 individual shows and 86 group shows in Iran, Europe, America and Asian countries. His works are represented in several museums and major collections worldwide. He has been awarded more than ten prizes by various art institutes and cultural centers. "The Museum of Master Mahmoud Farshchian", is a museum devoted to the works of the master, which has been set up by the Cultural Heritage Foundation in the Sa'dabad Cultural Complex in
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, inaugurated in 2001. The design of the Zarih (the box-like latticed enclosure which is placed on top of the tomb), roof, door and cellar in the shrine of the 8th shiite Imam, Ali ibn Mus'ar-Reza in
Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...
and his membership in the committee supervising the construction of the shrine, is another artistic work of the master. Farshchian's pieces in private collections have included Prince Akihito of Japan, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and even Michael Jackson. According to an auction in November 2021 by Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, one of Farshchian's paintings sold for $33, 600. The painting, named "Scenic Fairytale," was the highest lot in the sale.


Style and aesthetic

* Master Farshchian Museum Saadabad Palace،
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Farshchian is the founder of his own school in Iranian Painting, which adheres to classical form while making use of new techniques to broaden the scope of Iranian painting. He has brought new life to this art form and has freed it from the symbiotic relationship it has historically had with poetry and literature, to give it an independence it had not previously enjoyed. His powerful and innovative paintings are dynamic, expansive and vibrant canvases with an appealing fusion of the traditional and the modern, which are constituents of his unique style of painting. Master Farshchian has played a decisive role in introducing Iranian art to the international art scene. He has been invited to speak and exhibit at numerous universities and art institutes. There have been six books and countless articles published about Farshchian's works. In 2007 British-Omani designer Amr Ali used Farschian's painting ''The Fifth Day of Creation'' as the main influence for his collection presented at
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Books

* Painting and drawing (1976) * Master Farshchian's paintings in
Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...
of
Ferdowsi Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, ; 940 – 1019/1025) was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a single poet, and the gre ...
(1991) * Painting of the great heroes of
Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...
(1991) * Mahmoud Farshchian Volume II Selected By
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(1991) * Master Farshchian's paintings in
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of
Hafez (), known by his pen name Hafez ( or 'the keeper'; 1325–1390) or Hafiz, “Ḥāfeẓ” designates someoone who has learned the Qurʾān by heart" also known by his nickname Lisan al-Ghaib ('the tongue of the unseen'), was a Persian lyri ...
(2002) * Master Farshchian's paintings in Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) (Persian language, Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar ...
(2004) * Mahmoud Farshchian Volume III Selected By UNESCO (2004)


Awards

*2011 - DeviantART, Daily Deviation for Apr 6. *2010 - DeviantART, Daily Deviation for Jun 26. *2010 - DeviantART, Daily Deviation for Mar 27. *2009 - DeviantART, Daily Deviation for Dec 13. *2001 - GODIVA Chocolates 75th Anniversary, USA *2001 - Who's Who in the 21st Century, Cambridge, England *2000 - Outstanding intellectuals of the 21st Century, Cambridge, England *1995 - Gold Medal, Highest Honor *1987 - Golden Palm of Europe *1985 - Oscar D'Italia, gold statuette. *1984 - Vessillo Europa Delle Arte, gold statuette. Italy *1983 - Diploma Accadenu'co D'Europa, L'Accademia D'Europa. Italy *1983 - Diploma Maestro Di Pittura, II Seminario d'Arte Moderna. Italy *1982 - Diploma Di Merito, Universita Delle Arti. Italy *1980 - Academia Italia delle Arti e del Lavoro, gold medal. *1973 - Ministry of Culture and Art, 1st prize in art. Iran *1958 - International Art Festival, gold medal. Belgium *1952 - Military Art, gold medal. Iran


References


External links


Farshchian World

Mahmoud Farshchian Art

Farshchian's Art Books

Farshchian on DeviantART
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farshchian, Mahmoud Artists from Isfahan Academic staff of the University of Tehran 1930 births Living people Iranian still life painters Recipients of the Order of Culture and Art Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Visual Arts Iranian modern painters