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Mahmoud Farshchian
Born in 1929, Isfahan, Iran
He learned painting in "Hajj Mirza Aqa Imami"
and "Isa Bahadori" school.
After finishing "Fine Arts School", he went to
Europe and stayed some years for learning arts of painting
and researches in museums.
In his return to Iran, he taught painting and miniature
and also started to create his masterpieces. He taught in
"Art & Culture Ministry" and "Fine Arts
Faculty". For a while, he was the manager of
"National Arts Office".
Up to 1980, he had 37 single exhibitions and 32 group
exhibitions all over the world. His works were published
in books, also. His second book, with 110 pictures, 40x26
cm (16x10 in), took about 15 years of his life.
He had
also researches on Persian Rug and some of his paintings
were woven in fine gold rugs.
He has created a serious of paintings on Quatrains of
Khayam.
His mysticism is shown in his miniatures, one of the bests
in contemporary art.
He has won many international awards and now, he is a
resident of USA.
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