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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian BIOGRAPHY
1924 Qazvin, Iran - 2019 Tehran, Iran. Known for: Islamic motif glass mosaics, reverse glass abstract painting, collage, wooden forms.
"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose... Read full biography
"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the... Read full biography
"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the postwar New York avant-garde, died on April 20 in Tehran. She was 96. The death was confirmed by a grandson, Aziz Isham. Ms. Farmanfarmaian (pronounced far-mahn-far-MY-ahn) emerged as a key actor in... Read full biography
"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the postwar New York avant-garde, died on April 20 in Tehran. She was 96. The death was confirmed by a grandson, Aziz Isham. Ms. Farmanfarmaian (pronounced far-mahn-far-MY-ahn) emerged as a key actor in the worldwide development of abstract art in recent years, as curators of American and European museums began to map a global history of postwar painting and sculpture. Her art ranged from decorous early floral painting to stern, memory-haunted... Read full biography
"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the postwar New York avant-garde, died on April 20 in Tehran. She was 96. The death was confirmed by a grandson, Aziz Isham. Ms. Farmanfarmaian (pronounced far-mahn-far-MY-ahn) emerged as a key actor in the worldwide development of abstract art in recent years, as curators of American and European museums began to map a global history of postwar painting and sculpture. Her art ranged from decorous early floral painting to stern, memory-haunted collages. But her most compelling works were polygonal wooden forms, sometimes free-standing and sometimes mounted on the wall, t... Read full biography
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"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the postwar New York avant-garde, died on April 20 in Tehran. She was 96.
The death was confirmed by a grandson, Aziz Isham.
Ms. Farmanfarmaian (pronounced far-mahn-far-MY-ahn) emerged as a key actor in the worldwide development of abstract art in recent years, as curators of American and European museums began to map a global history of postwar painting and sculpture.
Her art ranged from decorous early floral painting to s...But wait, there's more...
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