Javad Hamidi
Javad Hamidi | |
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Hamidi's solo exhibition in Paris (1934) | |
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 2002 (aged 83–84) Tehran, Islamic Republic of 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 of modern art in Iran.[2]
Biography
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 at Tehran University for almost 40 years, as well as at Al-Zahra, Azad and Tarbiat-Modares Universities.
In 2002, he was killed by a speeding motorcyclist in Tehran.
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.