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Manoucher Yektai (Persian: منوچهر یکتایی; b. 22, 1921 – d. 19, 2019) was an Iranian-born American artist and poet. A member of the New York School of artists, Yektai's paintings synthesized diverse influences from the United States, France, and Iran into works that trouble distinctions between abstraction and representation.


Early life and education

Born in Tehran, Iran, Yektai dropped out of
Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...
without obtaining a degree. Between 1945 and 1947, he studied with
Amédée Ozenfant Amédée Ozenfant (15 April 1886 – 4 May 1966) was a French cubist painter and writer. Together with Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (later known as Le Corbusier) he founded the Purist movement. Education Ozenfant was born into a bourgeois ...
in Paris, and later in New York City. From 1946 to 1947, he studied at the
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, and at the
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of
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. From 1947 to 1948, he studied at the
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.


Career

Yektai has many works in North American and European collections and museums, including the
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, the
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,
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, and numerous private collections such as the
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.


Personal life

Yektai was married to Iranian artist
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (; 13 January 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Iranian artists of the contemporary period, and she was the ...
from 1950 to 1953. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1959. In 1968, he married Helene Kulukundis Yektai, an author and illustrator of children's books. They remained married until his death in 2019. Yektai had four children, including Darius Yektai, a painter, and Nico Yektai, a sculptural furniture designer and maker. In 2017, Manoucher, Darius, and Nico Yektai were featured in a group exhibition titled ''Yektai'' at Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York. This exhibition was accompanied by a documentary produced by The Artist Profile Archive, which explored the family's artistic legacy. He died at the age of 97 in New York City on November 19, 2019.


Selected solo exhibitions

* 1949:
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* 1951, 1952, 1953: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York City * 1956: American Associated Artists, New York City * 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964: Poindexter Gallery, New York City * 1959: Felix Landau Gallery
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* 1960,1961, 1963, 1965: Semia Huber Gallery,
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, Switzerland * 1962: Anderson Meyer Gallery, Paris; Feingarten Gallery,
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,
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* 1961, 1962, 1964, 1970: Picadilly Gallery, London, United Kingdom * 1965, 1966, (67: Gertrude Kasle Gallery,
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* 1966. 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1996: Elaine Benson Gallery,
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* 1977, 1978: Galerie Zand, Teheran, Iran * 1981, 1984: Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City * 1988: ''Paris - New York: Kent Fine Art,''
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See also

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Islamic art Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslims, Muslim populations. Referring to characteristic traditions across ...
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Iranian art Persian art or Iranian art () has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture. At different times, influences ...
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Islamic calligraphy Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of penmanship and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the Arabic script#Additional letters used in other languages, alphabets derived from it. It is a highly stylized and struc ...
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List of Iranian artists The following list of notable Iranian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are WP:ARTIST, notable and are either born in Iran, of Iranian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Iran. ...


References


External links

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Further reading

* Marika Herskovic
''American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey,''
(New York School Press, 2003.) . p. 362-365 * Marika Herskovic
''New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists,''
(New York School Press, 2000.) . p. 31; p. 39; p. 382-385 1921 births 2019 deaths Abstract expressionist artists 20th-century American painters 20th-century Iranian painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century Iranian painters Iranian emigrants to the United States Iranian modern painters American modern painters Painters from New York City Artists from Tehran École des Beaux-Arts alumni Naturalized citizens of the United States 20th-century American male artists Iranian modern painters {{US-painter-1920s-stub