Mahmoud farshchian

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Born: January 24, 1930 in Esfahan
Personal: Loves to listen to music while he paints

Occupation: Artist
Claim to Fame: Paintings define an era of Persian Art. Artwork can be seen all over Iran on carpets, canvas, and in art galleries.

Biography
Early Years:

Born into an artistic family, Mahmoud Farshchian became keen on painting very early on. His father managed a leading carpet business in Esfahan and always encouraged Mahmoud's interest. Early in his life, he became a student of such prominent masters of the time as Haj Aqa Mirza Aqa Emami and Issa Bahadori. He went on to the Academy of Fine Art in Esfahan, and upon graduation, traveled to Europe to study European art forms. Upon his return, he started work in the General Office of Fine Arts, which later became the Ministry of Culture and Art.

Student to Master

Farshchian was appointed the position of administrator of the National Arts and joined the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University as an art professor. Here he continued creating unique masterpieces which would go on to be displayed around the world. The first-degree medal of art and culture given to Farshchian was by President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on July 3, 1995.

Perhaps the greatest achievement for Master Farshchian is the distinctive style and school of art he has created on his own. His paintings exhibit a raw sense of flow, creativity, ancient Persian motives, with powerful colors and images. His themes are often cultivated from classic Persian poetry, Persian literature, religious notions, as well as his own deep imagination.

Farshchian currently resides in the United States. His work has been displayed and welcomed by such prestigious institutions as the Bibliotheque Nationale, British Library, Freer Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum, and Harvard University.



" Opening an art book of Mahmoud Farshchian is like leaping into the heart of a magical realm. A happy blend of the real and imaginary at once sets the tone for everything, thanks to an alchemy whose secret formula he seems to be one of the few to possess. People, nature, animals and objects are present; we recognize them for what they are, but at the same time we begin to see them differently. We do not see them in a dream, but touch them with a different way of looking. This is what makes Mahmoud Farshchian unique and exceptional. That is how it is. This is another stroke of the master's skill."

Federico Mayor
Director General of UNESCO


Awards:

2001 - GODIVA Chocolates 75th Anniversary, USA
2001 - Who’s Who in the 21st Century, Cambridge, England
2000 - Outstanding intellectuals of the 21st Century, Cambridge, England
1995 - Gold Medal, Highest Honor
1987 - Golden Palm of Europe
1985 - Oscar D'Italia, gold statuette.
1984 - Vessillo Europa Delle Arte, gold statuette. Italy
1983 - Diploma Accadenu'co D'Europa, L’Accademia D'Europa. Italy
1983 - Diploma Maestro Di Pittura, II Seminario d'Arte Moderna. Italy
1982 - Diploma Di Merito, Universita Delle Arti. Italy
1980 - Academia Italia delle Arti e del Lavoro, gold medal.
1973 - Ministry of Culture and Art, 1st prize in art. Iran
1958 - International Art Festival, gold medal. Belgium
1952 - Military Art, gold medal. Iran

Permanent Collections:

Emperor Akihito of Japan
Queen Elizabeth of England
Queen Juliana of Netherlands
Prince Agha Khan
Lyndon Johnson, former President of USA
General Ernesto Geisel, former- President of Brazil
Giuseppe Saragat, former President of Italy
Lal Bahadur Shastri, former Prime Minister of India
Senator William Fullbright
Professor Arthur A. Pope
Professor Hossin Sadeghi, Switzerland
Ghassan Shaker
National Art Museum, Iran
Museum of Modern Art, Iran
Art Museum of Istanbul, Turkey
The Lahore Museum, Pakistan
Madison Corporation of Washington, D.C.
Bob Guccione, New York
Bohrer Collection, New Jersey
Panes Collection, New Jersey


The List of Publications:

Paintings and Drawings by Mahmoud Farshchian, Volume 1, 1976
Mahmoud Farshchian, Volume 2, 1991
The Great Heroes in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, 1991
Mahmoud Farshchian (Volume 2 Second Edition), 1991
Paintings and Drawings by Mahmoud Farshchian (Volume 1 Second Edition), 1991
Stories from Heroes Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, 1993

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If there were ever a living legend in Persian Art, it would be Master Mahmoud Farshchian. I have always admired his work, which is prevalent all over Iran, in the bazaars, stores, homes, and even designs made up on rugs and carpets. Any anyone knows that if your image has been made into a carpet in Iran, then you have truly arrived.

Here is an online gallery of some of his works.

Biography

Master Mahmoud Farshchian was born in Isfahan on January 24, 1930. Growing up, he was surrounded by many architectural masterpieces that gradually and subliminally sharpened his awareness of proportion, color, and form. At the age of five, it became evident that his life would be devoted to art and painting. Mahmoud's father, the owner of a leading carpet business, encouraged his interest in design and planted the seeds of art in Mahmoud's heart.

While still in school, Farshchian was invited to learn painting from the famous masters of the time. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Isfahan, he traveled to Europe to study the works of Western artists. Upon his return to Isfahan, Mahmoud began working in the General Office of Fine Arts (later the Ministry of Culture and Art). He was later appointed to the position of administrator of National Arts. It was then that he joined the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University as an art professor. It was there that he created many of his unique masterpieces.

Farshchian later moved to the United States and currently resides in the New York metropolitan area. When he came to the United Stated, Farshchian brought with him many treasures which were welcomed by Bibliotheque Nationale, The British Library, Freer Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum, and Harvard University. His works continue to be exhibited in galleries and museums throughout Asia, Europe and the United States, as well as in private collections. Master Farshchian has received many awards throughout his life, including a doctorate in fine arts. He has also received much praise from European academies and museums.
Master Farshchian, has achieved a distinctive style and created a school of his own in painting. Some of his talents are his wonderful sense of creativity, his motive designs, his creation of round spaces, his smooth and powerful lines, and his creation of undulating colors. Farshchian's works are a pleasing composition of both nobility and innovation. His themes are cultivated from classic poetry, literature, the Koran, Christian and Jewish Holy books, as well as his own deep imagination. His most outstanding works are based on human affections and moods, which appear most effectively in graceful faces and figures.

While painting, Farshchian often listens to music and these beautiful rhythms set the mood for his bounding, splashing, sometimes wire-thin brush. His pictures urge us to listen with inner ears to 'sounds' as architectonic as his lines and forms. There is a rich interplay of gentle sounds: birdcalls, trickles, cascades, gurgles, swoops, and swooshes. His tempests, chilling blasts, raging fires, and blood-curdling cries are expressed so artfully that they never cross the threshold of true horror. So graceful is the whiplash that it cannot sting. Farshchian has told many tales on canvas in his unique expression of sur-naturalism.



The paintings show here are

1: Concealed Secret

2: Song of Harmony

3: Forbearance

4: The Way to Heaven

5: Pleasure & Pain

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Mahmoud Farshchian.



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[Parinaz_M]

he is very very talented!!!
karash ham vaghean ghashange