Iranian artist (1918–2002)
Javad Hamidi
Hamidi's solo exhibition in Paris (1934)
Born 1918 Died 2002 (aged 83–84)Tehran, Iran
Education Beaux-Arts de Paris Alma mater University of Tehran Occupation(s) Visual artist, educator Movement Modernism
Javad Hamidi (1918 – 2002)[ 1] was an Iranian Modernist painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer in modern art in Iran.[ 2]
Biography
Javad Hamidi's retirement letter from the University of Tehran, dated February 1980
Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in Hamadan , Qajar Iran . Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran ), and graduated in 1946; and at Beaux-Arts de Paris .[ 3] [ 4] His classmate was Shokouh Riazi , who studied alongside him in both Tehran and in Paris.[ 3] He continued his studies under French painter André Lhote .[ 3]
Hamidi had been a founding member of the "Fighting Cock Society " (Khorūs-e Jangi), an artists group in Iran dedicated to the modern art movement and surrealism.[ 5] Hamidi taught painting in Tehran University for almost 40 years, as well as taught at Al-Zahra, Azad and Tarbiat-Modares Universities.
He was killed by a speeding motorcyclist in Tehran in 2002.
References
^ Daftari, Fereshteh; Diba, Layla S. (2013). Iran Modern . Asia Society. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-300-19736-5 .
^ Ayatollahi, Habibollah; Allāhī, Ḥabīb Allāh Āyat (2003). The Book of Iran: The History of Iranian Art . Alhoda UK. p. 309. ISBN 978-964-94491-4-2 .
^ a b c Frigeri, Flavia; Handberg, Kristian (2021-03-24). New Histories of Art in the Global Postwar Era: Multiple Modernisms . Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-64058-2 .
^ Rahnavard, Zahra (2002). Contemporary Iraninan [i.e. Iranian] Art & the Islamic World . Al-Zahra University. p. 31.
^ Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Adle, Chahryar; Palat, Madhavan K.; Tabyshalieva, Anara (1992). History of Civilizations of Central Asia . Unesco. p. 762. ISBN 978-92-3-103985-0 .
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