Massumeh Noushin Seyhoun, Professionally known as Massumeh Seyhoun, (;1934–21 May 2010),

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Monir Noushin (

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painter, curator, and gallerist. She was the founder in 1966 of Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, the longest-lived art gallery in Iran.

Biography

Massumeh Seyhoun was born as Monir Noushin in 1934 in

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. Her family settled in

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, and she changed her name to Massumeh. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran, where her teacher was

Hooshang Seyhoun Houshang Seyhoun, (August 22, 1920 – May 26, 2014; ) was an Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar and professor. He studied fine arts at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and earned a degree in architecture from ...

, architect, sculptor, painter, who became her husband, and they had two children.Massoumeh Seyhoun, artiste et mentor de l’art contemporain d’Iran
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''Pars Times'' Retrieved January 24, 2014 When Seyhoun's health started failing in the mid-1990s, she passed control of the gallery to her son Nader. Her daughter, Maryam, opened the Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles, on Melrose Avenue in

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, an outpost of the Tehran gallery in the United States. The gallery exhibits Iranian expatriate artists and artists based in Iran, many of whom have worked with the Seyhoun Gallery in Tehran.

Seyhoun Gallery

In 1966, Masoumeh Seyhoun, with the help of her husband

, founded Seyhoun Gallery. It is one of Iran's first art galleries and is considered the oldest active art gallery in the country.

References

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