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A unique collection of iranian sculptures
A unique collection of sculptures by the late Mr Ali Akbar Sanati
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qh8UaNb2mw"]YouTube - Anthropology Museum Tehran Iran SANATI collection[/ame]
Veteran sculptor, Ali Akbar Sanati, pioneer of sculpturing in Iran, passed away in April 2006 at his home in Tehran. The video at the end of this post shows many of his works as displayed at the Anthropology Museum Tehran.
Akbar Sanati was born in Kerman in 1916. He lost his father at an early age and was looked after by a benevolent man. Very soon he discovered that Sanati has a special talent in artistic works and sent the young Ali Akbar to Tehran to receive training at Kamal-ol Molk Art School. He learned sculpture and panting from maestros Hossien Behzad, Abolhassan Sediqi, and Ali Rokhsar and he obtained a master's degree in painting after 12 years of study.
He returned to his hometown where he taught 40 children in a nursery for orphans. He later set up a museum at Tehran's Toup Khaneh Square (currently known as Imam Khomeini Square) and transferred it to the then Red Lion and Sun Society (modern Red Crescent Society).
The museum was inaugurated in 1946 with an exhibit which received extensive public welcome. He set up another museum at Hafez Street in Tehran in 1951 to present his own paintings. He then took several of his paintings to a museum he set up in Kerman in 1977. During the US-backed military coup to topple the nationalist government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadeq in 1953, his museum in Tehran was ransacked by rioters and some of his sculptures were destroyed.
It took two years for Sanati to repair his museum and sculptures. Former President Mohammad Khatami awarded Ali Akbar Sanati an emblem of merit in art degree for 60 years of meritorious service to the art sector. Sanati was the symbol of self-reliance who worked for the sake of advancement and sublimity. He has left about 1,000 paintings and 400 sculptures in record of his career.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qh8UaNb2mw"]YouTube - Anthropology Museum Tehran Iran SANATI collection[/ame]
Veteran sculptor, Ali Akbar Sanati, pioneer of sculpturing in Iran, passed away in April 2006 at his home in Tehran. The video at the end of this post shows many of his works as displayed at the Anthropology Museum Tehran.
Akbar Sanati was born in Kerman in 1916. He lost his father at an early age and was looked after by a benevolent man. Very soon he discovered that Sanati has a special talent in artistic works and sent the young Ali Akbar to Tehran to receive training at Kamal-ol Molk Art School. He learned sculpture and panting from maestros Hossien Behzad, Abolhassan Sediqi, and Ali Rokhsar and he obtained a master's degree in painting after 12 years of study.
He returned to his hometown where he taught 40 children in a nursery for orphans. He later set up a museum at Tehran's Toup Khaneh Square (currently known as Imam Khomeini Square) and transferred it to the then Red Lion and Sun Society (modern Red Crescent Society).
The museum was inaugurated in 1946 with an exhibit which received extensive public welcome. He set up another museum at Hafez Street in Tehran in 1951 to present his own paintings. He then took several of his paintings to a museum he set up in Kerman in 1977. During the US-backed military coup to topple the nationalist government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadeq in 1953, his museum in Tehran was ransacked by rioters and some of his sculptures were destroyed.
It took two years for Sanati to repair his museum and sculptures. Former President Mohammad Khatami awarded Ali Akbar Sanati an emblem of merit in art degree for 60 years of meritorious service to the art sector. Sanati was the symbol of self-reliance who worked for the sake of advancement and sublimity. He has left about 1,000 paintings and 400 sculptures in record of his career.