Sadegh Tabrizi (; 3 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Iranian painter,

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 ...

, and designer. He is one of the pioneers of Iranian modern art, and is associated with the Saqqakhaneh movement.

Early life and education

Sadegh Tabrizi was born in 1938, in Tehran. He graduated in 1964 from the Faculty of Decorative Arts, Tehran ().

Career

Tabrizi is thought to have been the first Iranian artist to work with traditional calligraphy combined with modern art elements. In 1962, he was part of a group exhibition ''Fourteen Contemporary Iranians'' at the Ben and Abby Grey Foundation in Minnesota, curated by

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. Tabrizi played a pivotal role in the establishing the Iran Gallery (), founded in 1964 by Tabrizi, Rouin Pakbaz,

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, Mansoor Ghandriz, Mohammad-Reza Jodat, Ghobad Shiva, Massoud Arabshahi, Sirus Malek, Farshid Mesghali, Parviz Mahallati,

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, and Hadi Hezareiy. After the death of artist Mansoor Ghandriz in 1966, the Iran Gallery was renamed Ghandriz Gallery () in his honor; and it remained open until the summer of 1978 during the

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. Tabrizi also designed first official

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of the

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in 1980, which featured stars and fists in a black version and golden version. He moved to London due for medical reasons a for a few months, and died of an illness related to

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on 4 December 2017, in London. Tabrizi's artwork can be found in museum collections including at the Grey Art Museum at New York University; the

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art ( Persian: موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران), also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th century ...

; and the Han China Museum.

References

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