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Shokouh Riazi (; 1921–1962) was an Iranian
Shokouh Riazi was born in 1921 in Tehran, Qajar Iran, into a prosperous family. Her mother was Betul Dowlatshahi of the aristocratic Dowlatshahi family, and was the daughter of
Modernist
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painter and educator. She was a pioneer of modern art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradit ...
in Iran and is thought to have been the first Iranian woman to study art in Paris.
Riazi taught painting classes, and some members of the Saqqakhaneh movement were her students.
Biography
Shokouh Riazi was born in 1921 in Tehran, Qajar Iran, into a prosperous family. Her mother was Betul Dowlatshahi of the aristocratic Dowlatshahi family, and was the daughter of Qajar
The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin,Cyrus Ghani. ''Iran an ...
prince and Islamic philosopher . Shokouh Riazi's father was , a politician who served as an Iranian military attaché
A military attaché or defence attaché (DA),Defence Attachés
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in France. Because of her father's work she lived in Paris until the age 14, after which her family moved to ''Geneva C ...
Shiraz
Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...
. She was fluent in French and served as a translator between French and Persian .
Riazi initially entered university studying medicine at Tehran University (now University of Tehran
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 ...
), but never completed it. Instead, Riazi switched departments and studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University, where she graduated in 1946.
She later studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris
The (), formally the (), is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is located on two sites: Saint-G ...
. Her classmate was Iranian artist Javad Hamidi
Javad Hamidi (1918 – 2002) was an Iranian Modernism, Modernist painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer of modern art in Iran.
Biography
Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in Hamadan, Qajar Iran. Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts ...
, in both Tehran and Paris. She continued her studies in painting under André Lhote
André Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes, and still life. He was also active and influential as a teacher and writer on art.
Early life and education
Lhote was bor ...
in Paris.
She was influenced by the work of Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (; ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern art, modern style characterized by a surre ...
and his elongated female portraits.
Riazi taught portraiture
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better re ...
classes in the College of Decorative Arts at Tehran University. Many of her students were members of the later Saqqakhaneh movement, including Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Faramarz Pilaram
Faramarz Pilaram (; 1937–1983, or 1982) was an Iranian painter and educator. He is known for his abstract, and calligraphy-based modern paintings. Pilaram was a pioneer within the Saqqakhaneh school, a neo-traditionalist art movement. There wer ...
, Mansoor Ghandriz, and Massoud Arabshahi.
In 1962, she died of cancer in Tehran. Due to her premature death, there is a limited amount of her artwork. Riazi's work can be found in the collection of 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 ...
.
See also
*List of Iranian women artists
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