Shokouh Riazi (Persian: شکوه ریاضی; 1921–1962) was an Iranian Modernist painter and educator.[1] She was a pioneer of modern art in Iran and is thought to have been the first Iranian woman to study art in Paris.[2] [3]
Shokouh Riazi | |
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شکوه ریاضی | |
| Born | 1921 |
| Died | 1962 (aged 40–41) Tehran, Pahlavi Iran |
| Other names | Mathi Shkoh al-Maluk, Mathi Shkoh al-Molk, Shokooh Riyazi |
| Alma mater | Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, educator |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Modernism |
| Father | Ali Riazi |
Riazi taught painting classes, and some members of the Saqqakhaneh movement were her students.
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Shokouh Riazi was born in 1921 in Tehran, Qajar Iran, into a prosperous family. Her mother was Betul Dolatshahi of the noble Dolatshahi family of Persia, and was the daughter of Qajar prince and Islamic philosopher Badi al-Mulk Mirza Imad al-Dawla. Shokouh Riazi's father was Ali Riazi, was a politician who served as an Iranian military attaché in France.[3] Because of her father's work she lived in Paris until the age 14, after which her family moved to Shiraz.[2] She was fluent in French and served as a translator between French and Persian .[4]
Riazi initially entered university studying medicine at Tehran University (now University of Tehran), but she never completed that degree program.[3] Instead Riazi switched departments and studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University, where she graduated in 1946.
She later studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris.[1][5] Her classmate was Iranian artist Javad Hamidi, in both Tehran and Paris.[1] She continued her studies in painting under André Lhote in Paris.[1]
She was influenced by the work of Amedeo Modigliani and his elongated female portraits.[6]
Riazi taught portraiture classes in the College of Decorative Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran). Many of her students were members of the later Saqqakhaneh movement, including Charles Hossein Zenderoudi,[7][8] Faramarz Pilaram,[9] Mansoor Ghandriz, and Massoud Arabshahi.
She died of cancer in 1962 in Tehran.[5] Due to her premature death, there is a limited amount of her artwork.[5] Riazi's work can be found in the museum collection of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
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edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b "هجدهم اسفند؛ زادروز "شکوه ریاضی" از پیشگامان هنر و نقاشی مدرن در ایران" [March 18th; Zadroz "Shakhweh Math" one of the pioneers of modern art and painting in Iran]. بالاترین (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ a b c سرمایه, تجارت آنلاین؛ سایت مرجع دنیای اقتصاد و بازار. "شکوه ریاضی، اولین زن نقاشی نوین ایران و مخالف ذهنیت نقاشی کمال‌الملکی + عکس" [The most modern Iranian female painter: Shokouh Riazi]. fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "مشهدي‌زاده: شكوه رياضي نخستين زن نوگرا ايراني در نقاشي بود". www.fhnews.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ a b c "Iranian Painter: Shokouh Riazi". Caroun.com. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ زنان [Women] (in Persian). Vol. 15. 2006.
- ^ Milani, Abbas (2008-12-19). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979, Volumes One and Two. Syracuse University Press. p. 1043. ISBN 978-0-8156-0907-0.
- ^ Zindahʿrūdī, Ḥusayn (2001). پيشگامان هنر نوگراى ايران /: Exhibition Held at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Nov. 2001 (in Persian). موزه ى هنرهاى معاصر ايران،. p. 33. ISBN 978-964-7049-95-5.
- ^ Ramezani, Javed. "نمایشی در غیاب| نگاهی به آثار فرامرز پیلارام" [A show in absence A look at Faramaraz Pilaram's works]. Avam magazine (in Persian).
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